Surname: LYONS
Given Names: Kevin Orchard
Title and Honours: Mr, Hon. (15 April 1991)
Qualifications:
Date and Place of Birth: 7 February 1923 - Hobart, Tasmania
Date of Death: 24 May 2000 - Melbourne, Victoria
House of Assembly: 21 August 1948
Electorate: Darwin (Braddon)
Party: Liberal/Centre
Positions Held: Speaker 29 October 1956 to 1 June 1959
Minister: Yes
Date of Departure: 22 April 1972
Reason for Departure: Retired.
Comments: Resigned from Libs 7 September 1966
to form Centre Party. Held balance of power 1969-72.
Son of J.A. Lyons and Dame Enid Lyons.
Condolence motion in HA 25 May 2000.
House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 500
Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
Additional Reference Material:
A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968.
Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.
