Frederic James "Eric" Allpass (21 September 1889 - 5 April 1977) was a member of the

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Biography

Allpass was born in

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, the son of Frederic William Allpass and his wife Isabel Jane (née Merry). He was educated at Laidley State School and on leaving school became a

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and grazier. On the 21 November 1921 Allpass married Florence Marian Guille and together had a son and two daughters. He died in April 1977 at

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Public career

At the

1950 Queensland state election Elections were held in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. The Australian Labor Party (Queensla ...

, Allpass won the new seat of Condamine for the Country Party, easily defeating his

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opponent, Michael Lyons. In

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however, the new Labor candidate,

Les Diplock Leslie Frank Louis "Les" Diplock CMG (16 September 1899 – 6 November 1983) was an Australian politician. Diplock was born in South Brisbane to house-painter Louis Diplock and Louisa May, ''née'' Lucas and attended state and private sch ...

, turned the tables and defeated Allpass.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allpass, Frederic James Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1889 births 1977 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians People from Warwick, Queensland