Ivor Marsden

Ivor Marsden was a police officer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Marsden was born in Ipswich, Queensland, to parents Llewellyn Marsden and his wife Hannah. He attended primary schools in Ipswich before becoming a law clerk in the 1920s. He served in the Australian Army from 1942 to 1945 before becoming a police sergeant based at the Ipswich Police Station.
On 28 June 1924, he married Doris Emily Jackson and they had two sons and four daughters. He died in Ipswich in November 1976.

Public career

Marsden, the Labor candidate, won the by-election to replace the long serving member for Ipswich, David Gledson in 1949. He held the seat until it was abolished for the 1960 Queensland state election. He then won the new seat of Ipswich West, holding it until he retired from politics in 1966.
He was an alderman in the Ipswich City Council for six years from 1943, including the city's Vice-Mayor in 1949.