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Alexander Knight (politician)
Alexander Wilson Knight (21 March 1924 – 2 November 1985) was an Australian politician. He was born in Collingwood to fireman John Richard Knight and Janet Shirra Wilson. He attended Spotswood State School and then Royal Melbourne Technical School, becoming a turbine driver. He married Leila Margaret Muir, with whom he had two children. He served in the Pacific in World War II, and was part of the occupation of Japan. In 1953 he joined the Labor Party, and the following year became secretary of the Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association, a position he held until 1963. From 1957 to 1968 he was a Williamstown City Councillor; he was mayor from 1962 to 1963. In 1963 he was elected in a by-election to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West Province. He briefly served as Labor whip from June to August 1970. In 1977 he lost preselection to Joan Coxsedge, and he contested the 1979 election as an Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collingwood, Victoria
Collingwood is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Collingwood recorded a population of 9,179 at the 2021 census. The area now known as Collingwood is thought to have been named Yálla-birr-ang by the Wurundjeri people, the original Indigenous inhabitants of the area. Following colonisation, the suburb was named in 1842 after Baron Collingwood or an early hotel which bore his name. Collingwood is one of the oldest suburbs in Melbourne and is bordered by Smith Street, Alexandra Parade, Hoddle Street and Victoria Parade. Collingwood is notable for its historical buildings, with many nineteenth century dwellings, shops and factories still in use. Its major thoroughfare Smith Street, is one of Melbourne's major nightlife and retail strips, and has been voted the coolest street in the world. History Toponymy It was 'named after' Lord Horatio Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Todd
Archibald Todd (11 April 1899 – 9 March 1981) was an Australian politician. He was born in Carlton and attended local state schools before becoming a wood machinist. He was closely involved with the Timber Workers' Union, serving as state president and federal vice-president. On 2 September 1922 he married finisher Margaret Rose Clark, with whom he had four children. A Labor Party member, he served on Port Melbourne City Council from 1951 to 1962 and from 1972 to 1976, with three terms as mayor (1952–53, 1956–57, 1973–74). In 1955 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Port Melbourne. With his seat's abolition in 1958, he transferred to the Victorian Legislative Council, winning a seat in Melbourne West Province. He served until his retirement in 1970, during which time he was a party whip. Todd died at Elsternwick Elsternwick is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Members Of The Parliament Of Victoria
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Australian Labor Party Members Of The Parliament Of Victoria
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1985 Deaths
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bon Thomas
Herbert Arthur "Bon" Thomas (21 November 1911 – 2 November 1995) was an Australian politician. He was born the son of a farmer's in Walla Walla, and was a farm worker while young. In 1945 he settled at Deer Park, where he ran a milk bar before becoming a taxi proprietor from 1951. He was active in the peace movement, attending the World Peace Conference in Stockholm and an anti-H bomb conference at Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ... in 1958. From 1960 to 1976 he was a Sunshine City Councillor, serving as mayor from 1967 to 1968 and from 1969 to 1970. In 1970 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West as a Labor member. He served until his retirement in 1982, and died in 1995. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Bon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunna Walsh
Ronald William "Bunna" Walsh (20 June 1933 - 30 March 2022) was a former Australian politician. He was born in Port Melbourne to labourer William John Joseph Walsh and Amy Lydia. He attended state schools and became a waterside worker in 1954. Having joined the Labor Party in 1960, he was an official with the Waterside Workers Federation from 1964 to 1979 and also served as president of the ALP's South Melbourne branch. In 1970 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West, but his election was declared void later that year because of an old criminal conviction in the Children's Court. Walsh was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1979 as the member for Albert Park. He was government whip from 1982 to 1985 and then moved to the frontbench, holding the portfolios of Public Works (1985–87), Housing and Construction (1987–88), Property and Services (1988–90) and Water Resources Water resources are natural resources of wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckley Machin
Buckley Machin (21 October 1901 – 20 June 1963) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Worksop in Nottinghamshire to coal miner John Machin and Martha Elizabeth Denman. He was a coal miner, and around 1926 married Florence Shaw, with whom he had one son, Peter born in Australia in 1933. He left England after the 1926 general strike and migrated to Australia around 1927, becoming a clerk and insurance agent. From 1939 he worked for Footscray City Council, first as an assistant storeman and cost clerk. From 1953 to 1955 he was the inaugural weights and measures inspector. A Labor Party member, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West Province in 1955. In 1959 he introduced the first Clean Air Bill into the state parliament. Machin died at South Yarra South Yarra is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotswood, Victoria
Spotswood is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hobsons Bay local government area. Spotswood recorded a population of 2,820 at the . The suburb is bounded by the Newport–Sunshine freight railway line in the west, the West Gate Freeway in the north, the Yarra River in the east and by Burleigh Street in the south. Spotswood was named after John Stewart Spottiswoode (shortened to Spotswood), one of the first farmers who owned much of the area in the 1840s. History Spottiswoode Post Office opened on 1 February 1882 and was renamed Spottiswood around 1903 and Spotswood around 1906. Locality Spotswood is known for the Victorian Science Museum, known as Scienceworks. Scienceworks is near the old sewage pumping station of Spotswood, constructed in 1897. This location was also used as the police headquarters in ''Mad Max'' and for the Academy Award-winning short film '' Harvie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Coxsedge
Joan Marjorie Coxsedge (born 5 January 1931) is an Australian artist, activist, and a former politician. She was one of the first two women elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1979. Born Joan Rochester, she is a native of Ballarat. After leaving school, she worked as a professional artist. She joined the Labor Party in 1967. A leading figure in the Victorian ALP's left wing, she soon became involved with the Save Our Sons Movement, opposed to conscription for the Vietnam War, and in 1971 (along with four other members of this movement) was imprisoned for anti-conscription activities. Two years later she was the founding chairman of the Committee for the Abolition of Political Police. Her first attempts at gaining parliamentary office were unsuccessful. She stood for election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the 1973 and 1976 state elections, but failed to win a seat on either occasion. In 1979, nevertheless, she was elected to the Victorian Legislative Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
