Burnett Gray, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Burnett Gray

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1884

Date of Death: 27-May-1968

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Burnett Gray

  • Alfred Charles Burnett Gray (21 August 1884 – 27 May 1968) was an Australian politician. He was born in Geraldton in Western Australia to merchant Charles Watson Gray and Mary Ann Thomas.
  • He worked as a secretary at Melbourne Children's Hospital in 1901 but returned to manage his father's business in Western Australia from 1902 to 1906.
  • He was a gold miner at Bullfinch in 1910 and Ararat in 1911 before becoming a clerk with a Melbourne wool firm in 1912.
  • On 18 March 1910 he married Queenie Hilary Margaret Smith.
  • During World War I he served with the 22nd Battalion and was wounded.
  • He served on St Kilda City Council from 1914 to 1915 and from 1920 to 1948 and was mayor from 1922 to 1923 and from 1926 to 1927; he was the first returned soldier to serve as mayor of any Victorian city.
  • In 1927 he won the seat of St Kilda in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the new Australian Liberal Party.
  • He was re-elected in 1929 but lost his seat in 1932.
  • Gray died in Heidelberg in 1968.

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