Peter Byrne

Peter Byrne (13 June 1892 – 16 March 1974) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life Byrne was born at Myola, Queensland, the son of Peter Byrne Snr and his wife Mary (née McCoy). He was educated at the Mareeba State School and then attended Nudgee College in Brisbane. On leaving school he found work at the Chillagoe smelters before becoming a canegrower in Tully from 1925.

On 7 May 1923 Byrne married Ellen Elsiba Imison the marriage bring two sons. Six years after his first marriage Byrne married for a second time, to Amy Jean Scott on 4 November 1929

Public life At the 1950 Queensland state election Byrne, for the Labor Party, won the new seat of Mourilyan. He was the member for Mourilyan until the 1969 Queensland state election when he retired from politics.