Bruce Evans (politician)

Bruce Evans
Bruce Evans
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly; for Gippsland East
	In office; 15 July 1961 – 2 October 1992
Preceded by	Sir Albert Lind
Succeeded by	David Treasure
Personal details
Born	21 January 1925; Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
Died	8 November 2012 (aged 87); Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Country Party
Spouse	Elaine Nethercote (m. 1947)
Occupation	Dairy farmer
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Royal Australian Air Force
Years of service	1943–1946
Rank	Warrant officer

Bruce James Evans (21 January 1925 – 8 November 2012) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Bairnsdale to Joseph Evans, a farmer, and Daisy Shankly, a schoolteacher. He attended local state schools and became a bank officer for the Union Bank in 1941. In 1943 he enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force and went on to serve in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the Middle East as a wireless air gunner. On his return in 1946 he took up dairy farming at Lindenow, and became branch president of the Returned and Services League (1947–49, 1956–57). He was active in the local dairy farming community and also in the Country Party, serving as a national, branch and district secretary. In 1961 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Gippsland East. He was the party's deputy leader from 1964 to 1970 and its whip from 1970 until his retirement in 1992.^[1]

References

^ Parliament of Victoria (2002). "Evans, Bruce James". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 7 July 2014.