Alexander Elliot Davidson Lillico (5 September 1905 – 1 November 1994) was an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the

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for the seat of

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from 1943 to 1958 and a

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member of the Australian Senate from 1958 to 1974.

Early life

Lillico was born in

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, the son of state MP Alexander Lillico, and educated at Don State School and Devonport High School, with two terms boarding at

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. He began farming after leaving school and acquired property at Wilmot. He was a member of the

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from 1934 until 1960 and became its youngest ever warden in 1936 at the age of 30.

Politics

In 1943 he was elected to the

for

. In 1958, he left the Assembly to successfully contest the Australian Senate as a Liberal candidate for Tasmania. He retired in 1974. Lillico died in 1994.

Personal life

Lillico married Gladys Mayo in 1928, with whom he had three children. He was widowed in 1987 and died in

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, on 1 November 1994. His great-nephew Mark Baker was elected to the House of Representatives in 2004.

References

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