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1938 - 2003
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| Name |
Malcolm Arthur "Mal" COLSTON |
| Born |
05 Apr 1938 |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
From 1957 |
Queensland, Australia |
| School Teacher |
- Malcolm graduated from Teachers College in Brisbane in 1956.
He taught at many schools around Queensland including Mitchelton Primary in the late 1950's and was apparently a Maths Teacher at Kelvin Grove High School (date unknown).
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| Residence |
1963 |
Mitchelton, Queensland, Australia |
| 102 McConaghy Street |
| Residence |
1968 |
Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia |
| 2/39 Sailsbury Street |
| Residence |
1972 |
Kenmore, Queensland, Australia |
| 5 Glencarron Street |
| Occupation |
Between 13 Dec 1975 and Jul 1999 |
| Senator For Queensland |
- Malcolm was first elected 13 December 1975. This followed a double dissolution of the Federal Parliament. Senators' terms were taken to have begun on 1 July 1975. From 1993 until his retirement he was a joint Father of the Senate with Brian Harradine. He was a Labor Senator from 1975 to 1996 and Senator for the 'Queensland First' Party from 1996 to 1999. He left the Senate in July 1999. Later on in his life he was known by the public as simply Mal Colston.
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| Residence |
1977 to Aft 1980 |
Chapel Hill, Queensland, Australia |
| 43 Steptoe Street |
| Died |
23 Aug 2003 |
Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia |
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| Person ID |
I526 |
Peck and Hall Genealogy Pages |
| Last Modified |
18 Jan 2016 |
| Father |
Douglas Thomas COLSTON, b. 03 Oct 1907, Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia , d. 09 Aug 1990, Everton Park, Queensland, Australia |
| Mother |
Myrtle Clorine Ruby WENCK, b. 19 Mar 1911, Lowood, Queensland, Australia , d. 20 Oct 1985, Herston, Queensland, Australia |
| Married |
25 Sep 1937 |
Tiaro, Queensland, Australia |
- Tiaro Presbyterian Church
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| Family ID |
F138 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Dawn Patricia McMULLEN, b. 29 May 1946, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia , d. 3 Jul 2004, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Married |
01 Dec 1967 |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
5 Jul 2015 |
| Family ID |
F162 |
Group Sheet |
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