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Boyd Dawkins
Australian politician

Boyd Dawkins

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Australian politician
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Place of birth
Stirling, South Australia, Australia
Place of death
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Age
79 years
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Biography

Maynard Boyd Dawkins (2 January 1917 – 21 October 1996) generally known as "M. B. Dawkins" or "Boyd Dawkins", was a sheep breeder, choirmaster and politician in the State of South Australia.

History

Dawkins was born in Stirling West the only son of Albert Maynard Dawkins of Gawler River and his wife Mary (née Yeoman). The Dawkins family were early settlers of Gawler, and well known in the area.

He studied at Roseworthy Agricultural College, where his father was a board member, He was, like fellow parliamentarian Leslie Rupert Hart, a breeder of Dorset Horn sheep.

He was president of the Gawler Men's Branch of the Liberal and Country League, and was a successful Liberal candidate for a Midland seat on the Legislative Council in March 1962, successfully made the transition to the new Legislative Council in July 1975 when, by the Act of 1973, the State reverted to voting as one electorate, with proportional representation. He retired in November 1982.

Other interests

Dawkins was a teetotaller; an active member of the Methodist Church and the Band of Hope; following a long family tradition.

He was a fine bass-baritone, a member of the Adelaide Philharmonic Choir, who studied under Clifford Lathlean, and conductor of the notable Gawler Choral Society.

Personal

He married Constance Lilian Wilkinson on 24 August 1943. A son, John Dawkins, born 3 July 1954, followed his father as a member of the Legislative Council in 1997, and remains a member to the present day (2014).

A nephew also called John was a politician from the Australian Labor Party and was Federal Treasurer in 1991 to 1993.

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