William Daniel Lickiss QGM (31 July 1924 – 22 February 1993) was an Australian politician.

Bill Lickiss
Deputy Leader of the
Queensland Liberal Party
In office
3 November 1983 – November 1986
LeaderWilliam Knox
Preceded byAngus Innes
Succeeded byAngus Innes
Attorney-General of Queensland
and Minister for Justice
In office
13 August 1976 – 23 December 1980
PremierJoh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded byWilliam Knox
Succeeded bySam Doumany
Minister for Survey, Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs
In office
10 March 1975 – 13 August 1976
PremierJoh Bjelke-Petersen
Preceded byPosition Created
Succeeded byJohn Greenwood
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Moggill
In office
1 November 1986 – 2 December 1989
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byDavid Watson
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mount Coot-tha
In office
1 June 1963 – 1 November 1986
Preceded byKenneth Morris
Succeeded byLyle Schuntner
Personal details
Born
William Daniel Lickiss

(1924-07-31)31 July 1924
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died22 February 1993(1993-02-22) (aged 68)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
SpouseElma Gwen Campbell (m.1948)
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
OccupationValuer, Sugarcane farmer, Pineapple farmer, Survey draftsman

Early life

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He was born in Sydney to William George Lickiss and Lillian Rita, née Green. He attended Clempton Park Public School and Canterbury Boys High School before the family moved to Brisbane. He studied at the University of Queensland and became a draftsman with the Queensland Survey Office and then the Department of Territories in Darwin. During World War II he served in the Royal Australian Air Force as a navigator and intelligence officer. Returning to Queensland, he farmed sugarcane and pineapples and joined the Liberal Party.

Political career

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In 1963 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Mount Coot-tha.

On 10 March 1975, he was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for Survey, Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs, with a further promotion to Attorney-General and Minister for Justice on 13 August 1976. He lost his Cabinet position in 1980 but became Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in 1983, serving until 1986. In that year, after a redistribution split the seat of Mount Coot-tha, he became the first member for Moggill. He retired from politics in 1989.

Personal life

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On 3 October 1975, he was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his efforts to rescue a soldier during the flooding in Brisbane the previous year.

As at 1977, he was a Fellow of the Commonwealth Institute of Valuers, Australian Institute of Cartographers and the Royal Australian Planning Institute.[1]

Lickiss died in Brisbane in 1993.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 16 December 1977. p. 256:1533–1535.. He is listed in the Ministry as "The Honourable William Daniel Lickiss, Q.G.M., F.C.I.V., F.A.I.C., Hon. F.R.A.P.I."
  2. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Mount Coot-tha
1963–1986
Succeeded by
New seat Member for Moggill
1986–1989
Succeeded by