Elliot Lillico

Elliot Lillico
Senator for Tasmania
In office 1 July 1959 – 11 April 1974
Personal details
Born	(1905-09-05)5 September 1905 Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
Died	1 November 1994(1994-11-01) (aged 89) Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Gladys Mayo ​ ​ (m. 1928; died 1987)​
Relations	Mark Baker (great-nephew)

Alexander Elliot Davidson Lillico (5 September 1905 – 1 November 1994) was an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the seat of Meander from 1943 to 1958 and a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate from 1958 to 1974.

Early life

Lillico was born in Penguin, Tasmania, the son of state MP Alexander Lillico, and educated at Don State School and Devonport High School, with two terms boarding at Scotch College, Melbourne. He began farming after leaving school and acquired property at Wilmot. He was a member of the Kentish Council from 1934 until 1960 and became its youngest ever warden in 1936 at the age of 30.[1][2][3]

Politics

In 1943 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Meander.[4] In 1958, he left the Assembly to successfully contest the Australian Senate as a Liberal candidate for Tasmania. He retired in 1974. Lillico died in 1994.[5]

Personal life

Lillico married Gladys Mayo in 1928, with whom he had three children. He was widowed in 1987 and died in Deloraine, Tasmania, on 1 November 1994.[1] His great-nephew Mark Baker was elected to the House of Representatives in 2004.[6]

References

1. "LILLICO, Alexander Elliot Davidson (1905–1994)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
2. "Warden at 30". The Advocate (Australia). 4 May 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 9 August 2021 – via Trove.
3. "Death of Mr Alexander Elliot Davidson Lillico". Hansard. Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
4. "Alexander Lillico". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
5. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
6. "Mark Baker gives maiden speech as Liberal Member for Braddon". The World Today. ABC. 10 December 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

 

Tasmanian Legislative Council
Preceded by Percy Best	Member for Meander 1943–1958	Succeeded by Charles Best