About Lou Barnes
Lived 1906 – 1983 (aged 77). Lou Barnes was a politician and mercery.
Louis Joseph Barnes (13 January 1906 – 2 June 1983) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Barnes was born at Gympie, Queensland, the son of George Daniel Barnes and his wife Bridget Maria (née Gorey). He was educated at the Christian Brothers' College in Gympie and after leaving school was a tea merchant in 1932, a traveler for the Castlemaine Perkins and from 1947 until 1975 a men's Mercer at Beaudesert.
On 24 April 1934 he married Muriel Eileen Burke The by-election was caused by the death of John O'Keefe in January of that year. He went on to represent the electorate until 1947 when he was defeated by Thomas Crowley at that year's state elections.
After his defeat, Barnes was an alderman on the Gold Coast City Council from 1949 until 1952.
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Australian politician (1906-1983)
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Lou Barnes was born on 13 January 1906 in Gympie.
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Lou Barnes died on 2 June 1983 in Southport.
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Lou Barnes was a politician and mercery.
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