Philip Lucock
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Philip Lucock CBE |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Lyne |
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In office 22 March 1952 – 19 September 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Eggins |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Cowan |
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16 January 1916 Eltham, Kent |
| Died | 8 August 1996 (aged 80) Brisbane, Australia |
| Nationality | English Australian |
| Political party | Australian Country Party |
| Profession | Presbyterian minister, Politician |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Philip Ernest Lucock, CBE (16 January 1916 – 8 August 1996) was an English born Presbyterian minister and politician. Although he was born in England, he spent most of his life in Australia.
Born in Eltham, Kent, on 16 January 1916, Philip Lucock emigrated to New Zealand in 1923, where he was educated.
In 1937, after working in the retail trade, 21-year-old Lucock emigrated again, this time to Australia.
He studied for the ministry at St Andrew's College in Sydney, but suspended his studies to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force between 1941 and 1943 during World War 2.
In 1948 Lucock was ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Australia. He became the minister at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Wingham, New South Wales.
One year after he was ordained, Lucock stood as one of four candidates for the Country Party of Australia in the newly created seat of Lyne. He polled third behind Jim Eggins, who won the seat for the Country Party, and the Labor candidate Edward Hayes.
Lucock did not stand at the 1951 poll, but on the death of Jim Eggins in January 1952 a by-election was called. Lucock and Donald Lancaster stood for the Country Party against Edward Hayes. The presence of two Country Party candidates split the vote and Hayes took three thousand votes more than either Lucock or Lancaster, but with preferences from Lancaster, Lucock easily won the seat. When he was sworn in as the member for Lyne on 22 March 1952 Philip Lucock became the first member of the House of Representatives to swear allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II who had ascended to the throne on 6 February.
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