Claude Wharton

Claude Alfred Wharton (15 October 1914 – 3 January 2003) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography Wharton was born at Gayndah, Queensland, the son of William Alfred Wharton and his wife Daisy May (née Schlemer). He was educated at Ginoondan State School before attending Maryborough Grammar School. He was a grazier and a breeder of stud cattle and pigs. He later became a director of the Queensland Bacon Pty Ltd and the Queensland Cold Storage Cooperative Federation Ltd. at St Matthew's Church in Gayndah and together had two sons and a daughter. Claude Wharton Park, Brooweena Claude Wharton Drive, Monduran, Claude Wharton Drive, Miriam Vale Claude Wharton Building Bundaberg In Gayndah, a plaque commemorates the commissioning of the fountain and surrounds at Gayndah Court House on 10 November 1979 by Honourable Claude Wharton.