Eric Gaven
Eric Gaven, 1950
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Southport
In office
29 Apr 1950 – 28 May 1960
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for South Coast
In office
28 May 1960 – 28 May 1966
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byRuss Hinze
Personal details
Born
Eric John Gaven

(1905-03-16)16 March 1905
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died18 January 1974(1974-01-18) (aged 68)
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Political partyCountry Party
SpouseJanet Elizabeth Isabel Spencer (m.1930 d.1987)
OccupationProperty developer

Eric John Gaven (/ˈɡeɪvən/16 March 1905 – 18 January 1974) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Gaven was born at Brisbane, Queensland, the son of William Henry Gaven and his wife Emily Mary (née Price). He was educated at Dutton Park and East Brisbane and started his working life at a greengrocer in Woolloongabba. He then worked for the Postmaster-General's Department before running a banana farm at Upper Coomera. He then became a property developer on the Gold Coast.

On 15 February 1930 Gaven married Janet Elizabeth Isabel Spencer [1] (died 1987)[2] and together had two daughters. He died at Southport in January 1974[1] and was Cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[3]

Public life

Gaven was a councillor on the Nerang Shire Council from 1935 to 1949 and chairman of the newly established Albert Shire Council in 1949–1950.[1]

He won the seat of Southport at the 1950 Queensland state election for the Country Party. He held the seat for 10 years before it was abolished for the 1960 Queensland state election and Gaven then won the new seat of South Coast, which he held until 1966.[1]

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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Eric John Gaven ( - 1974) — Heaven Address. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

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