branch death_date constituency_mp allegiance nationality service birth_date term_end term_start rank name occupation predecessor parliament birth_place unit party awards successor article_title
australian army australian flying corps 28 january 1985 mitchell australia commonwealth of australia australian 1916 -- 1930 1 may 1898 2 december 1972 30 november 1963 lieutenant les irwin bank manager john armitage australian newcastle , new south wales 35th battalion liberal party of australia commander of the order of the british empire alfred ashley-brown les irwin

les irwin

leslie herbert `` les '' irwin , cbe -lrb- 1 may 1898 -- 28 january 1985 -rrb- was an australian politician .
born in newcastle , new south wales , he was educated at state schools and underwent military service 1916-30 .
upon the end of his service , he became a bank manager .
in 1961 , he was selected as the liberal candidate for the seat of mitchell in the australian house of representatives .
he was the last person born in the nineteenth century , the last person born before federation , and the last world war i veteran elected to the house .
he held mitchell until his defeat in 1972 .
irwin died in 1985 .
