Eric John Gaven (; 16 March 1905 – 18 January 1974) was a member of the

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Biography

Gaven was born at

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, the son of William Henry Gaven and his wife Emily Mary (née Price). He was educated at

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and East Brisbane and started his working life at a greengrocer in

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. He then worked for the

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before running a banana farm at Upper Coomera. He then became a

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on the Gold Coast. On 15 February 1930 Gaven married Janet Elizabeth Isabel Spencer (died 1987)Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 21 April 2016. and together had two daughters. He died at

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in January 1974 and was

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at the

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.Eric John Gaven ( - 1974)
— Heaven Address. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

Public life

Gaven was a councillor on the Nerang Shire Council from 1935 to 1949 and chairman of the newly established

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in 1949–1950. He won the seat of

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 ...

for the Country Party. He held the seat for 10 years before it was abolished for the

1960 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1960 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election followed the enactment of the ''Electoral Districts Act 1958'', which increased the Assembly from ...

and Gaven then won the new seat of South Coast, which he held until 1966. He was a member of the Commonwealth parliamentary delegation to New Delhi in 1957. The seat of Gaven bears his name as does the Gaven Way, linking the Pacific Highway between Nerang and Broadbeach.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaven, Eric Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1905 births 1974 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians