Tom Evans (Victorian politician)
Appearance
Alexander Thomas Evans (14 February 1917 – 30 August 2009) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Creswick and attended Smeaton State School and Ballarat High School before entering the family business, then becoming a trainee manager at Woolworths. He joined the Liberal Party in 1946, and was a Creswick Shire Councillor from 1956–62. He married Dawn Sim on 11 July 1970.
In 1960 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Ballarat North. He served as a backbencher until his retirement in 1988.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Profile: Evans, Alexander Thomas". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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