History Resources - Members of Parliament
Nigel Drury Gresley Abbott
Surname: ABBOTT
Given Names: Nigel Drury Gresley
Title and Honours: Dr, Honourable
Qualifications: MB, BS, LLB
Date and Place of Birth: 29 March 1920 - Clunes, Victoria
Marriage: 27 August 1948 - (Jocelyn Butler)
Date of Death: 13 November 2011
House of Assembly: 2 May 1964
Electorate: Denison
Party: Liberal
Positions Held: Minister 1969-72
Date of Departure: 22 April 1972
Reason for Departure: Defeated.
Comments:
Resigned from Government to stand as independent after failing to get road safety measures through. Served in Vietnam as Head of a Military Aid Mission for three months in 1968. Examiner, 23 May 1968. Granted the right to use the title 'Honourable' for life on 15 April 1991.House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 562