Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Surfers Paradise
In office 27 May 1972 – 12 November 1977
Preceded by
New seat
Succeeded by
Bruce Bishop
Personal details
Born
Andrew Bruce Small
(1895-12-11)11 December 1895 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Died
1 May 1980(1980-05-01) (aged 84) Benowa, Queensland, Australia
Political party
Country Party/National Party
Spouse(s)
Eileen Hayman (m.1919 divorced), Lillian Ada Mitchell (m.1939)
Occupation
Bicycle manufacturer, Land developer, Company director
Sir Andrew Bruce Small OStJ (11 December 1895 – 1 May 1980)[1] was an Australian businessman and politician. In Melbourne, he developed Malvern Star bicycles into a household name in Australia, then retired to the Gold Coast, Queensland, where he developed property, and as Mayor of the Gold Coast, promoted the area to Australia and the world as a family-friendly holiday destination through the bikini-clad meter maids in Surfers Paradise.[2]
^Robert I. Longhurst. "Sir Andrew Bruce Small (1895–1980)". Small, Sir Andrew Bruce (1895–1980). Australian National University. Retrieved 2 August 2010. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^"Meter Maids". Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
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