14 Facts About Ellis Lawrie

Alexander Greig Ellis Lawrie was an Australian politician.

Ellis Lawrie remained a Senator until his retirement in 1975.

Ellis Lawrie was the son of Ilma and Alexander Greig Lawrie.

Ellis Lawrie spent his early years at Bonnington Park, his father's grazing property on the Allyn River.

Ellis Lawrie attended Rockhampton Grammar School for two years, later boarding at Scots College, Sydney, from 1918 to 1921.

Ellis Lawrie left school at the age of fourteen and joined his father working at Booralong, a pastoral lease near Westwood, Queensland.

Ellis Lawrie joined the Country Party in 1945 and became chair of its Westwood branch.

Ellis Lawrie served on the Fitzroy Shire Council for thirteen years and was a member of the executive of the United Graziers' Association of Queensland.

In 1956, Ellis Lawrie was elected as a state vice-president of the Country Party.

Ellis Lawrie was elected to the Senate at the 1964 election, with his six-year term commencing on 1 July 1965.

Ellis Lawrie was re-elected to a further six-year term in 1970, which was cut short by a double dissolution.

Ellis Lawrie was re-elected again at the 1974 election, but following another double dissolution chose to retire prior to the 1975 election.

In 1939, Ellis Lawrie married Margaret Hayes, a schoolteacher who later became a prominent amateur anthropologist working in the Torres Strait Islands.

Ellis Lawrie died in Rockhampton on 13 December 1978, aged 71.