Douglas Cashion

Douglas Alfred Cashion (23 January 1907 – 27 September 2004) was an Australian politician who served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the seat of Wilmot between 1949 and 1972.

Early life

He was born in Bothwell in 1907.

Political career He was first elected to the Bothwell Council in 1942, serving as councillor until 1959, including as Warden for eight and a half years.

In 1949 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Wilmot in a recount following Peter Pike's death.

He along with four other men were charged over a land conspiracy in 1971. Although the charges were dropped the following year.

He continued to hold his seat until he was defeated at the 1972 election.

Personal life and death Cashion married his wife Laura in 1932 with whom he had six children.

He was awarded an AO in 1978. He died in Hobart in 2004 at the age of 97.