death_date nationality birth_date birthname constituency_am term_end alma_mater death_place term_start spouse name occupation predecessor birth_place assembly party successor religion article_title
22 february 1993 australian 31 july 1924 william daniel lickiss mount coot-tha moggill 1 november 1986 2 december 1989 university of queensland brisbane , queensland , australia 1 june 1963 1 november 1986 elma gwen campbell -lrb- m. 1948 -rrb- bill lickiss valuer draftsman , sugarcane farmer , pineapple farmer , survey kenneth morris new seat sydney , new south wales , australia queensland legislative queensland legislative liberal party lyle schuntner david watson presbyterian bill lickiss

bill lickiss

william daniel `` bill '' lickiss -lrb- 31 july 1924 -- 22 february 1993 -rrb- was an australian politician .
he was born in sydney to william george lickiss and lillian rita , `` née '' green .
he attended clempton park public school and canterbury boys ' high school before the family moved to brisbane .
he studied at the university of queensland and became a draftsman with the queensland survey office and then the department of territories in darwin .
during world war ii he served in the royal australian air force as a navigator and intelligence officer .
returning to queensland , he farmed sugarcane and pineapples and joined the liberal party .
in 1963 he was elected to the queensland legislative assembly as the member for mount coot-tha .
on 3 october 1975 he was awarded the queen 's gallantry medal for his efforts to rescue a soldier during the flooding in brisbane the previous year .
in 1975 he was appointed to the front bench as minister for survey , valuation , urban and regional affairs , with a further promotion to attorney-general and minister for justice in 1976 .
he lost his front bench position in 1980 but became deputy leader of the liberal party in 1983 , serving until 1986 .
in that year he also moved from his seat of mount coot-tha to moggill .
he retired in 1989 .
lickiss died in brisbane in 1993 .
