Don Livingstone

Don Livingstone
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Ipswich West
In office 2 December 1989 – 13 June 1998
Preceded by	David Underwood
Succeeded by	Jack Paff
In office 17 February 2001 – 9 September 2006
Preceded by	Jack Paff
Succeeded by	Wayne Wendt
Personal details
Born	Donald Wallace Livingstone 1 October 1948 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Died	15 October 2015 (aged 67) Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Alma mater	Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education
Occupation	Political advisor
Religion	Presbyterian

Donald Wallace "Don" Livingstone (1 October 1948 – 15 October 2015) was a politician in Queensland, Australia.

Early life

Donald Wallace Livingstone was born in Kingaroy, Queensland on 1 October 1948. He moved to Ipswich at the age of seven.^[1] He was married to his wife Cheryl in October 1972; the couple had two children. Livingstone and his wife owned two delicatessens, earning him the nickname "Deli Don".^[2]

Politics

Livingstone was a policy advisor to the Minister for Public Works and Housing before entering politics himself. He was the Australian Labor Party's Queensland campaign director 1983–1986, and served on Ipswich City Council from 1985 to 1990. In 1989, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for Ipswich West. In 1998, he was defeated by Jack Paff, the One Nation candidate. Livingstone defeated Paff (running for the City Country Alliance) in 2001, and served until his retirement in 2006.^[3]

Later life

Livingstone died from stomach cancer at the Ipswich Hospice on 15 October 2015.^[4] Several hundred people attended his funeral at the North Ipswich Reserve on 20 October 2015. At the funeral, Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale announced that he would honour Livingstone's dying wish to see the hospice's car parking and pedestrian crossing upgraded. He was buried at Warrill Park Cemetery.^[2]

Legacy

The bridge over the Bremer River at One Mile/Leichhardt was named the Don Livingstone One Mile Bridge in February 2015.^[1]

References

1. Bennion, Brian (19 February 2015). "Bridge honour for Livingstone". Queensland Times. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
2. "Deli Don honoured as a hero of working voters". Queensland Times. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
3. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
4. Motherwell, Sarah (15 October 2015). "Former state Labor MP and Ipswich councillor Don Livingstone dies". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 22 October 2015.