Paddy Whyte

Patrick James "Paddy" Whyte was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Whyte was born in Mount Morgan, Queensland, the son of Andrew Patrick Whyte and his wife Mary. He was educated at Mount Perry State School and Mount Morgan Convent School and by 1920 he was an engine driver, working out of Emerald. Later he was an employee at the Queensland Institute of Technology.
On 14 May 1932 he married Alice May Donnelly and together had one son and one daughter Kath. Whyte died in Brisbane in 1977 and was buried in the Nudgee Cemetery.

Public career

Whyte entered state politics as the member for the new seat of Mackenzie at the 1950 Queensland state election He held it for six years before being defeated by the Country Party's Neville Hewitt in 1956. He was also a councilor on the Emerald Shire Council.