Frank Butler (Australian politician)


Frank Wells Butler was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Butler was born at Kilcoy, Queensland, the son of William Butler and his wife Jane. He was educated privately at Kilcoy Station and then attended Brisbane Grammar School. He managed his father's dairy property on the Brisbane River until 1910 and then managed and later owned Targinnie Station.
He married Margaret Steel in Sydney in 1915 and together had four children. Butler died at Gladstone in July 1961.

Public life

Butler, representing the CPNP, won the seat of Port Curtis at the 1929 Queensland state election. He held it for one term, being defeated by Tommy Williams of the Labor Party.
He was a member of the Port Curtis Pastoral Association, and a councilor and chairman of the Calliope Shire Council.