# Robert Cummin Katter

Robert Cummin Katter (5 SEP 1918 – 18 MAR 1990); child of Carl Robert Katter; born in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; married Mabel Joan Horn; parent of 1 child; died in Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 5 SEP 1918 – 18 MAR 1990

## Parents
- [Carl Robert Katter](/p/carl-robert-katter-52289.md) (father)

## Spouses
- [Mabel Joan Horn](/p/mabel-joan-horn-52283.md) — m. 22 APR 1944
- _unknown partner_ — m. 22 MAY 1976

## Children
- [Robert Carl Katter](/p/robert-carl-katter-52279.md)

## Timeline
- 5 SEP 1918 — **Born** at South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- FROM 30 OCT 1936 TO 18 JUL 1942 — **Australian Military Forces service** — Katter enlisted in the Australian Military Forces on 30 October 1936, was appointed lieutenant in 1940 and promoted captain, and his appointment was terminated on 18 July 1942 as medically unfit.
- FROM 1942 — **Occupation (Storekeeper and picture theatre proprietor)** at Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia — After his army appointment was terminated in 1942 Katter returned to Cloncurry, in north Queensland, where his family ran a general store. He leased a clothing store and later a picture theatre. The Parliamentary Handbook records his occupations as theatre proprietor and business manager. On taking over the cinema he removed the steel partitions that had divided Aboriginal patrons from other patrons.
- FROM 1946 TO 1957 — **Member, Australian Labor Party** — Katter joined the Australian Labor Party and became secretary of its Cloncurry branch. He was a union delegate on the Brisbane wharves and served on the executive of the State Service Union in Queensland. He left the party in 1957.
- FROM 1946 TO 1967 — **Councillor, Cloncurry Shire Council** at Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia — Katter was elected to the Cloncurry Shire Council in 1946 and served as a councillor until 1967, including as deputy chairman from 1946 to 1948.
- FROM 1948 TO 1951 — **Chairman, Cloncurry Shire Council** at Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia — Katter chaired the Cloncurry Shire Council from 1948 to 1951 and again from 1964 to 1967. The Australian Dictionary of Biography dates the terms 1949-52 and 1964-67 and describes him as Australia's youngest local government head at the time.
- FROM 1957 TO 1966 — **Member, Queensland Labor Party** — Katter left the Australian Labor Party in the 1957 Queensland Labor split and stood unsuccessfully for the breakaway Queensland Labor Party for the state seat of Flinders in 1957 and for the federal seat of Kennedy in 1958.
- 1966 — **Elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter won the federal division of Kennedy for the Country Party at the general election of 1966, taking his seat on 26 November 1966.
- FROM 26 NOV 1966 TO 19 FEB 1990 — **Member for Kennedy, Australian House of Representatives** at Queensland, Australia — Katter represented the north Queensland federal division of Kennedy in the Australian House of Representatives from 26 November 1966 until 19 February 1990. He succeeded Bill Riordan and was succeeded by Rob Hulls. He won the seat for the Country Party in 1966, was re-elected nine times, and retired at the dissolution of Parliament before the 1990 general election.
- FROM 26 NOV 1966 TO 19 FEB 1990 — **Member, Country Party and National Party of Australia** — In Parliament Katter sat for the Australian Country Party from 26 November 1966 to 2 May 1975, for the National Country Party from 2 May 1975 to 16 October 1982, and for the National Party of Australia from 16 October 1982 to 19 February 1990. The Australian Dictionary of Biography records that he joined the Country Party in 1964.
- 1969 — **Re-elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter was returned as Member for Kennedy at the 1969 general election.
- 1972 — **Re-elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter was returned as Member for Kennedy at the 1972 general election.
- FROM 2 FEB 1972 TO 5 DEC 1972 — **Minister for the Army** at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Katter was Minister for the Army in the McMahon government from 2 February 1972 until the government's defeat at the December 1972 election. He succeeded Andrew Peacock in the portfolio and was succeeded by Lance Barnard.
- 1974 — **Re-elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter was returned as Member for Kennedy at the 1974 general election.
- 1975 — **Re-elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter was returned as Member for Kennedy at the 1975 general election.
- 1977 — **Re-elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter was returned as Member for Kennedy at the 1977 general election.
- 1980 — **Re-elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter was returned as Member for Kennedy at the 1980 general election.
- 1983 — **Re-elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter was returned as Member for Kennedy at the 1983 general election.
- 1984 — **Re-elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter was returned as Member for Kennedy at the 1984 general election.
- 1987 — **Re-elected Member for Kennedy** at Queensland, Australia — Katter was returned as Member for Kennedy at the 1987 general election.
- 18 MAR 1990 — **Died** at Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia
- AFT 18 MAR 1990 — **Buried** at Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia — Katter was buried in the Sunset lawn cemetery at Mount Isa, Queensland.

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