Lindsay Jones
Queensland Labor Party candidate Lindsay Jones joined the ALP in 1959 and stood, unsuccessfully, in 1974 for the seat of Lockyer, and in 1980 for Toowoomba North. He served as an Alderman on the Toowoomba City Council for six years in the late 1970s. From 1988 Jones worked in various positions in the ALP including as the State Organiser, and then as Assistant State Secretary, until 1996. Together with his wife Norma Jones they were key leaders of reform in Toowoomba leading to the 1980 federal intervention in the Queensland branch of the ALP.
Lindsay Jones
Biography
Labor Party members Lindsay Jones together with his wife Norma Jones were key leaders of reform in Toowoomba during the years leading to the 1980 ALP National intervention in the Queensland Branch. Lindsay Gordon Bauer Jones was born on 19 December 1939 in Blackall, Queensland, where he attended the Blackall Primary School and later Rockhampton Grammar School.
In 1959 Lindsay commenced teacher training at the Kelvin Grove Teachers’ Training College and completed his Bachelor of Education in 1985 at the Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education. He took up his first teaching post at New Farm State School, before moving to Cannon Hill. In 1963 he was appointed to teach at Toowoomba Grammar School and worked for the Queensland Department of Education 1982-88.
He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1959 while living at South Brisbane and became an Alderman on the Toowoomba City Council for about 6 years, in the late 1970s. Lindsay stood unsuccessfully for the ALP in Lockyer in 1974 and was the candidate for Toowoomba North in 1980. Lindsay Jones held many positions in the ALP including: Member of the QCE; Secretary of the Rules Committee, State Organiser and Assistant State Secretary.
He is a Life Member of the ALP and was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2000 for his contribution to sport in recognition of his involvement in athletics training, fitness, football and hockey.
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