Lou Barnes | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cairns | |
| In office 31 October 1942 – 3 May 1947 | |
| Preceded by | John O'Keefe |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Crowley |
| Alderman of the City of Gold Coast | |
| In office 1949–1952 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Louis Joseph Barnes 13 January 1906 Gympie, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 2 June 1983 (aged 77) Southport, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | King O'Malley Labor |
| Spouse | Muriel Eileen Burke (m.1934) |
| Relations | Frank Barnes (brother) |
| Occupation | Men's Mercer |
Louis Joseph Barnes (13 January 1906 – 2 June 1983) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Barnes was born at Gympie, Queensland, the son of George Daniel Barnes and his wife Bridget Maria (née Gorey). He was educated at the Christian Brothers' College in Gympie and after leaving school was a tea merchant in 1932, a traveler for the Castlemaine Perkins and from 1947 until 1975 a men's Mercer at Beaudesert.
On 24 April 1934 he married Muriel Eileen Burke[1] and together had two sons. Later changing his middle name to Gabriel, Barnes died at Southport in June 1983 and was buried in the Southport Lawn Cemetery.