Mr Donald Ross BURTON (1920 - 2007)

Date of Birth: 03/03/1920
Place of Birth: Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 17/05/2007
Place of Death: Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	23 Apr 1976	5 Mar 1984	7yrs 10mths 12days		A member before reconstitution. A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 27 November 1975

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Initially joined the ALP in 1940 (Victoria) and rejoined in New South Wales post military service in 1948. Member of the Federated Executive Australia Council Salaried and Professional Association since 1958. Government Whip from September 1981 until March 1984. Member of ALP central executive New South Wales 1970 - 1971. Member of the ALP Review Tribunal 1972 - 1997, Chairman of the Review Tribunal 1977 - 1997, President of the Summer Hill Branch 1950 - 1956, 1966 - 1968, ALP Annual Conference delegate 1951 - 1956, 1968 - 2003, Secretary of the ALP Transport Policy Committee 1972 - 1988.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Union secretary. Assistant secretary of the vehicle builders union 1950 - 1956 and New South Wales secretary of the Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsman 1958 - 1967. National secretary of the Australasian Transport Officers Federation 1968 - 1983. Educated at Traralgon West State School 1926 - 1932 and Traralgon High School. Recreational intererests include bowling, orchestral and operatic music.

Military Service

Australian Military Forces 1941 - 1946. Citizen Military Forces from April 1940 until 7 June 1943. Australian Infantry Forces 8 June 1943 until 6 June 1946.

Honours Received

Member of the Order of Australia (OAM)

Personal

Married Claire Miller on 30 November 1946 at St Vincents Catholic Church, Ashfield and they had 1 son.

Additional Information

Member of the Former Members of New South Wales Parliament Association.

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