Jack Mortimer

Jack Mortimer
Jack Mortimer
Member of the Australian Parliament; for Grey
	In office; 1 June 1963 – 26 November 1966
Preceded by	Edgar Russell
Succeeded by	Don Jessop
Personal details
Born	30 October 1912; Magill, South Australia
Died	8 February 1973 (aged 60); Port Hedland, Western Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse	Melva Winfield Bähr
Children	2
Occupation	Waterside worker

Jack Mortimer (30 October 1912 – 8 February 1973) was an Australian politician. He received a primary education before becoming a farmer in South Australia. He served in the military from 1942 to 1946^[1] and returned as a waterside worker in Port Lincoln where he was a branch secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation.^[2] In 1963, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Grey. He held the seat until his defeat in 1966, after which he became a businessman in Port Lincoln. Mortimer died by drowning at Port Hedland in 1973.^[3]^[4]

Personal life

Mortimer married Melva Bähr, of Ceduna, in 1939. They had a daughter and a son, and farmed at Karkoo.

References

^ "Mortimer, Jack". WW2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^ Australian Labor Party, Federal Personnel 1901–1975 (PDF). National Centre for Biography.
^ Whitlam, Gough. "Deaths of Former Member – Mr T. P. Burke, Mr J. Mortimer, Hon. W. J. F Riordan and Hon. H. V. C. Thorby". Historic Hansard. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2008.

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Edgar Russell	Member for Grey 1963–1966	Succeeded by Don Jessop

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[ww2roll-1] "Mortimer, Jack". WW2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

[alpfp-2] Australian Labor Party, Federal Personnel 1901–1975 (PDF). National Centre for Biography.

[hansard-3] Whitlam, Gough. "Deaths of Former Member – Mr T. P. Burke, Mr J. Mortimer, Hon. W. J. F Riordan and Hon. H. V. C. Thorby". Historic Hansard. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

[Psephos-4] Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2008.

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