Paddy Whyte

Patrick James "Paddy" Whyte (14 October 1894 – 16 October 1977) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Paddy Whyte
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mackenzie
In office
29 Apr 1950 – 19 May 1956
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byNeville Hewitt
Personal details
Born
Patrick James Whyte

(1894-10-14)14 October 1894
Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Died16 October 1977(1977-10-16) (aged 83)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeNudgee Cemetery
Political partyLabor
SpouseAlice May Donnelly (m.1932 d.1965)
OccupationEngine driver

Biography

Whyte was born in Mount Morgan, Queensland, the son of Andrew Patrick Whyte and his wife Mary (née O'Sullivan).[1] He was educated at Mount Perry State School and Mount Morgan Convent School and by 1920 he was an engine driver, working out of Emerald. Later he was an employee at the Queensland Institute of Technology.[1]

On 14 May 1932 he married Alice May Donnelly (died 1965)[2] and together had one son (Patrick who died in May 1967) and one daughter Kath. Whyte died in Brisbane in 1977[1] and was buried in the Nudgee Cemetery.[3]

Public career

Whyte entered state politics as the member for the new seat of Mackenzie at the 1950 Queensland state election He held it for six years before being defeated by the Country Party's Neville Hewitt in 1956. He was also a councilor on the Emerald Shire Council.[1]

References
  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. Welcome to the Nudgee Cemetery Mapping Interface — Nudgee Cemetery Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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