Claude Alfred Wharton CMG (15 October 1914 – 3 January 2003) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
He later became a director of the Queensland Bacon Pty Ltd and the Queensland Cold Storage Cooperative Federation Ltd.[1] On 11 November 1942 he married Pearl Estelle Dent[1] (died 2005)[2] at St Matthew's Church in Gayndah[3] and together had two sons and a daughter.
[1] He was a Parish Councillor of the Anglican Church in Gayndah and a member of the local Masonic Lodge.
[1] Wharton died in January 2003[1] and was buried in the Gayndah Cemetery.
[3] He held many roles whilst in parliament including the following:[1] For his services as a Minister of the Crown, Wharton was awarded the Queensland Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1985.