Val Bird


Valmond James "Val" Bird was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Bird was born at Ingham, Queensland, the son of Walter James Bird and his wife Ruth Elizabeth. He was educated at Ingham State School and after leaving he was a representative for the Golden Fleece Oil Company. He was also the secretary and industrial officer for the Ayr District Canegrowers Executive.
On 14 May 1955 Bird married Valma Jean Burns and together had three daughters. After he had serious fall in 2001 which left in a coma from which he was not expected to emerge, his daughters discovered they had another sister that Bird fathered in his teen years. He died in August 2005 on the Gold Coast.

Public career

When the Independent politician Arthur Coburn retired at the 1969 Queensland state election, Bird took over as the member for Burdekin. He held the seat for 14 years before retiring in 1983.
Whilst in the Queensland Parliament Bird held the following roles.