Maynard Boyd Dawkins MBE (2 January 1917 – 21 October 1996)[1] was a sheep breeder, choirmaster and politician in the State of South Australia.
[3] He studied at Roseworthy Agricultural College, where his father was a board member,[4] He was, like fellow parliamentarian Leslie Rupert Hart, a breeder of Dorset Horn sheep.
He was president of the Gawler Men's Branch of the Liberal and Country League,[5] and was a successful Liberal candidate for a Midland seat on the Legislative Council in March 1962, successfully made the transition to the new Legislative Council in July 1975 when, by the Act of 1973, the State reverted to voting as one electorate, with proportional representation.
Dawkins was a teetotaller; an active member of the Methodist Church and the Band of Hope; following a long family tradition.
[6] He was a fine bass-baritone, a member of the Adelaide Philharmonic Choir, who studied under Clifford Lathlean,[7] and conductor of the notable Gawler Choral Society.