Bill Prest

April 2, 1926 (age 86)

Longreach, Queensland

In 1970, he stood for local council elections and was elected, he later became Gladstone"s deputy mayor in 1975. The Gladstone Portuguese Access Bridge was renamed the Bill Prest bridge in 2010. In his last term in the Queensland Parliament, Prest caused controversy when he made a racist slur against former state National Party Aboriginal Affairs Minister and future Federal Member of Parliament Bob Katter when he called him a gin jockey. Prest however was not publicly disciplined and retained his position as whip but the controversy did see him being taken about out of the limelight of public life. Prest died, aged 86, in Gladstone, Queensland. Robert Schwarten, Liz Cunningham including deputy mayor Matt Burnett and mayor Gail Sellers attended his funeral to pay tribute.

Bill Prest

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Prest was born in Longreach, Queensland.

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In 1970, he stood for local council elections and was elected, he later became Gladstone"s deputy mayor in 1975. The Gladstone Portuguese Access Bridge was renamed the Bill Prest bridge in 2010. In his last term in the Queensland Parliament, Prest caused controversy when he made a racist slur against former state National Party Aboriginal Affairs Minister and future Federal Member of Parliament Bob Katter when he called him a gin jockey.

Prest however was not publicly disciplined and retained his position as whip but the controversy did see him being taken about out of the limelight of public life.

Prest died, aged 86, in Gladstone, Queensland. Robert Schwarten, Liz Cunningham including deputy mayor Matt Burnett and mayor Gail Sellers attended his funeral to pay tribute.

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