Mr Francis George DOWNING (1907 - 1978)

Date of Birth: 07/03/1907
Place of Birth: Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 22/12/1978
Place of Death: Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	14 Feb 1953	23 Jan 1968	14yr(s) 11mth(s) 10day(s)
Member for Ryde	14 Feb 1953	6 Feb 1956	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)	37th (1953 - 1956)
Member for Ryde	3 Mar 1956	16 Feb 1959	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s)	38th (1956 - 1959)
Member for Ryde	21 Mar 1959	5 Feb 1962	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s)	39th (1950 - 1953)
Member for Ryde	3 Mar 1962	31 Mar 1965	3yr(s) 29day(s)	40th (1962 - 1965)
Member for Ryde	1 May 1965	23 Jan 1968	2yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s)	41st (1965 - 1968)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Chairman of the Parliamentary Party in 1959.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Timber worker. Educated at Tumut convent school and Marist Brothers at Hunters Hill. Became a timber worker; machinist with the New South Wales Co-operative; member of the Timber Workers Union; director of Ryde District Soldiers Memorial Hospital; member of interim council of Macquarie University.

Personal

Son of Robert Downing, council worker, and Frances Jean Galvin. Married Dorothy Tetley in March 1961 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Roman Catholic. Brother of Robert Reginald Downing, a Member of the Legislative Council; cousin of Thomas Chrystostom O'Mara, also a member of the Legislative Assembly.

Additional Information

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