Nugget Jesson | |
Constituency Am1: | Kennedy |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 11 May 1935 |
Term End1: | 29 April 1950 |
Predecessor1: | Arthur Fadden |
Successor1: | Seat abolished |
Constituency Am2: | Hinchinbrook |
Assembly12: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 29 April 1950 |
Term End2: | 28 May 1960 |
Predecessor2: | New seat |
Successor2: | John Row |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1899 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | Cecil George Jesson |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Labor |
Spouse: | Dorothy J Harris (m.1922), Wilhelmina Mary Graham (m.1928 d.1975) |
Occupation: | Auctioneer |
Cecil George "Nugget" Jesson (7 July 1899 – 25 December 1961) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Jesson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of George Jesson and his wife Lillian Maude (née Jones). He married Dorothy J Harris in 1922 and they had one son. He then married Wilhelmina Mary Graham in 1928 and they had one son and four daughters.[1]
He died in Brisbane on Christmas Day and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery.[2]
Jesson held the seat of Kennedy for the Labor Party in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1935 until 1950. He then held the new seat of Hinchinbrook from 1950 to 1960.[1]
He was the government from 1950 until 1957 and opposition whip from 1957 to 1960.[1]