Livingstone and his wife owned two delicatessens, earning him the nickname "Deli Don".
[2] Livingstone was a policy advisor to the Minister for Public Works and Housing before entering politics himself.
He was the Labor Party's Queensland campaign director 1983–1986, and served on Ipswich City Council from 1985 to 1990.
Livingstone defeated Paff (running for the City Country Alliance) in 2001, and served until his retirement in 2006.
At the funeral, Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale announced that he would honour Livingstone's dying wish to see the hospice's car parking and pedestrian crossing upgraded.