*1II Tom Alkens and Independent Politics In Townsvllle - •^ oC I cL / » 3 t* 'I'-;-''' Property of University of Queensland Press - do not copy or distribute Ililllllllliiiilllllllll 3 4067 03198 7489 University of Queensland Presented to The Fryer IVIemorial Library of Australian Literature by ..IHE...IMM.GEe.,. ••yNIVeR-SI-TY-QF Qt-D-.- PRESS- 5.79 Property of University of Queensland Press - do not copy or distribute Property of University of Queensland Press - do not copy or distribute A MAJORITY OF ONE Property of University of Queensland Press - do not copy or distribute Property of University of Queensland Press - do not copy or distribute A MAJORITY OF ONE Tom Alkens and Independent Politics in Townsville Ian Moles University of Queensland Property of University of Queensland Press - do not copy or distribute © University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1979 This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing€pr the purposes of private study, research, criticism, or review, as '. permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be made to the publishers. Typeset by Academy Press Pty Ltd, Brisbane Printed and bound by Silex Enterprise & Printing Co., Hong Kong Distributed in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean by Prentice-Hall International, International Book Distributors Ltd, 66 Wood Lane End, Hemel Hempstead, Herts., England National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data Moles, Ian Newton, 1935- A majority of one. Index Bibhography ISBN 0 7022 1285 7 1. Aikens, Thomas, 1900-. 2. Queensland-Politics and government-1924-1977-Biography. I. Title. 320.9'94'3 Property of University of Queensland Press - do not copy or distribute Interviewer: There are people who call you Tory Tom, that say you will line up with the government when the votes are cast. How true is this? Tom Aikens: Well that's all bunk. As a matter of fact in the last session of Parliament I never voted with the Govern ment once, but the Labor Party went over and voted with the Government I think eleven times. . . . Australian Broadcasting Commission, Television Documentary Transcript, PNM.37 (17 May 1969) Property of University of Queensland Press - do not copy or distribute Property of University of Queensland Press - do not copy or distribute
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