Education: Granville State School; Christian Brothers College, Maryborough
Religion: Roman Catholic
Apprentice, Walkers Ltd, Maryborough; Shipwright and loftsman, 1947 to 1961
Brendan was an Australian politician. He served as Member for Wide Bay in the Federal Parliament from 1961 to 1974 and as Member for Maryborough in the Queensland Parliament from 1977 to 1983, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Hansen served as President of the Maryborough sub-branch of the Federated Shipwrights and Ship Constructors Association and as an alderman on Maryborough City Council before entering federal politics. In 1958, he ran for the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor candidate for Wide Bay, losing to Country Party candidate Henry Bandidt. However, he sought a rematch against Bandidt in 1961 and won. It was the first time Labor had won the seat, once held by former Labor leader Andrew Fisher, since 1915.
After the Whitlam Government was elected in 1972 he acted as government whip until 1974, when he was defeated by Country Party's Clarrie Millar. Hansen ran against Millar again in 1975, but was heavily defeated. In 1977, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Maryborough, a position he held until 1983
Brendan Percival Hansen was honored with a park in his name in Granville and a government building, The Brendan Hansen Building, in Hervey Bay
Hansen died in 1999, aged 77, and, in January 2001, was posthumously awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia with the citation "For service to the community of Maryborough, particularly through the Maryborough and District Housing Action group and the Scouting movement".
His daughter Mary Hansen (1966–2002), a singer/musician for the British band, Stereolab.
Religion: Roman Catholic
Apprentice, Walkers Ltd, Maryborough; Shipwright and loftsman, 1947 to 1961
Brendan was an Australian politician. He served as Member for Wide Bay in the Federal Parliament from 1961 to 1974 and as Member for Maryborough in the Queensland Parliament from 1977 to 1983, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Hansen served as President of the Maryborough sub-branch of the Federated Shipwrights and Ship Constructors Association and as an alderman on Maryborough City Council before entering federal politics. In 1958, he ran for the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor candidate for Wide Bay, losing to Country Party candidate Henry Bandidt. However, he sought a rematch against Bandidt in 1961 and won. It was the first time Labor had won the seat, once held by former Labor leader Andrew Fisher, since 1915.
After the Whitlam Government was elected in 1972 he acted as government whip until 1974, when he was defeated by Country Party's Clarrie Millar. Hansen ran against Millar again in 1975, but was heavily defeated. In 1977, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Maryborough, a position he held until 1983
Brendan Percival Hansen was honored with a park in his name in Granville and a government building, The Brendan Hansen Building, in Hervey Bay
Hansen died in 1999, aged 77, and, in January 2001, was posthumously awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia with the citation "For service to the community of Maryborough, particularly through the Maryborough and District Housing Action group and the Scouting movement".
His daughter Mary Hansen (1966–2002), a singer/musician for the British band, Stereolab.
Education: Granville State School; Christian Brothers College, Maryborough
Religion: Roman Catholic
Apprentice, Walkers Ltd, Maryborough; Shipwright and loftsman, 1947 to 1961
Brendan was an Australian politician. He served as Member for Wide Bay in the Federal Parliament from 1961 to 1974 and as Member for Maryborough in the Queensland Parliament from 1977 to 1983, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Hansen served as President of the Maryborough sub-branch of the Federated Shipwrights and Ship Constructors Association and as an alderman on Maryborough City Council before entering federal politics. In 1958, he ran for the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor candidate for Wide Bay, losing to Country Party candidate Henry Bandidt. However, he sought a rematch against Bandidt in 1961 and won. It was the first time Labor had won the seat, once held by former Labor leader Andrew Fisher, since 1915.
After the Whitlam Government was elected in 1972 he acted as government whip until 1974, when he was defeated by Country Party's Clarrie Millar. Hansen ran against Millar again in 1975, but was heavily defeated. In 1977, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Maryborough, a position he held until 1983
Brendan Percival Hansen was honored with a park in his name in Granville and a government building, The Brendan Hansen Building, in Hervey Bay
Hansen died in 1999, aged 77, and, in January 2001, was posthumously awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia with the citation "For service to the community of Maryborough, particularly through the Maryborough and District Housing Action group and the Scouting movement".
His daughter Mary Hansen (1966–2002), a singer/musician for the British band, Stereolab.
Religion: Roman Catholic
Apprentice, Walkers Ltd, Maryborough; Shipwright and loftsman, 1947 to 1961
Brendan was an Australian politician. He served as Member for Wide Bay in the Federal Parliament from 1961 to 1974 and as Member for Maryborough in the Queensland Parliament from 1977 to 1983, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Hansen served as President of the Maryborough sub-branch of the Federated Shipwrights and Ship Constructors Association and as an alderman on Maryborough City Council before entering federal politics. In 1958, he ran for the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor candidate for Wide Bay, losing to Country Party candidate Henry Bandidt. However, he sought a rematch against Bandidt in 1961 and won. It was the first time Labor had won the seat, once held by former Labor leader Andrew Fisher, since 1915.
After the Whitlam Government was elected in 1972 he acted as government whip until 1974, when he was defeated by Country Party's Clarrie Millar. Hansen ran against Millar again in 1975, but was heavily defeated. In 1977, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Maryborough, a position he held until 1983
Brendan Percival Hansen was honored with a park in his name in Granville and a government building, The Brendan Hansen Building, in Hervey Bay
Hansen died in 1999, aged 77, and, in January 2001, was posthumously awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia with the citation "For service to the community of Maryborough, particularly through the Maryborough and District Housing Action group and the Scouting movement".
His daughter Mary Hansen (1966–2002), a singer/musician for the British band, Stereolab.
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