Cecil William (Cec) Creedon (9 March 1922 – 3 August 2014) was a politician in the State of South Australia.

History

Cecil Creedon was born in Westbury, Tasmania the eldest of four children of Cecil and Adele Creedon. He was educated at a Catholic school in Westbury.[1]

He joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941 and worked as a Leading Aircraftman in Laverton, Victoria throughout the Second World War.

He joined the Labor Party in 1948 and remained a member for most of his life. He married in 1946, to Jessie Green from South Australia. They settled in Gawler, South Australia, where he served as a councillor for many years and was Mayor 1972–1978.[2]

He was elected to a Midlands district seat in the Legislative Council for the Labor Party in March 1973 (Labor's first MLC outside the metropolitan area), and remained a member through the change to a single electorate in 1975, retiring in December 1985.[3]

Family

Cecil W. Creedon married Jessie (died 2010) on 23 February 1946; they had one daughter and four sons.

References

  1. ↑ "Gawler Now and Then:Creedon, Cecil William". Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gawler Now and Then - Mayors of Gawler". Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hon Cecil William Creedon". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2022.


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