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Ben Doig
Benjamin Cochrane Doig (17 May 1904 – 16 November 1980) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1965, representing the electorate of Burwood. He was a member of the Liberal Party prior to 1964, but resigned to sit as an independent for his final year in parliament after losing preselection to recontest his seat. Doig was born in Paddington, and was educated at Paddington Public School and Fort Street Boys High School before studying psychology at the University of Sydney. He worked as an industrial psychologist for Bonds Limited from 1926 to 1927 and as manager for an advertising agency from 1928 to 1932. From 1932 onwards, he worked as an insurance executive for the Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Company. Doig was a Liberal candidate for safe Labor seat of Waverley at the 1953, and 1953 by-election Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly has 93 members, elected by single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system. Members of the Legislative Assembly have the post-nominals MP after their names. From the creation of the assembly up to about 1990, the post-nominals "MLA" (Member of the Legislative Assembly) were used. The Assembly is often called ''the bearpit'' on the basis of the house's reputation for confrontational style during heated moments and the "savage political theatre and the bloodlust of its professional players" attributed in part to executive dominance. History The Legislativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1959 New South Wales State Election
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1959 New South Wales state election. Results by electoral district Albury Armidale Ashfield−Croydon Ashfield, held by Richard Murden () and Croydon, held by David Hunter () were combined into one seat. Auburn Balmain Bankstown Barwon Bathurst Blacktown Bondi Bulli Burrinjuck Burwood Byron Canterbury Casino Castlereagh Cessnock Clarence Cobar Collaroy Concord Coogee Cook's River Cronulla Ian Griffith () was the member for Suthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Following are lists of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...: * 1856–1858 * 1858–1859 * 1859–1860 * 1860–1864 * 1864–1869 * 1869–1872 * 1872–1874 * 1874–1877 * 1877–1880 * 1880–1882 * 1882–1885 * 1885–1887 * 1887–1889 * 1889–1891 * 1891–1894 * 1894–1895 * 1895–1898 * 1898–1901 * 1901–1904 * 1904–1907 * 1907–1910 * 1910–1913 * 1913–1917 * 1917–1920 * 1920–1922 * 1922–1925 * 1925–1927 * 1927–1930 * 1930–1932 * 1932–1935 * 1935–1938 * 1938–1941 * 1941–1944 * 1944–1947 * 1947–1950 * 1950–1953 * 1953–1956 * 1956–1959 * 1959–1962 * 1962–1965 * 1965–1968 * 1968–1971 * 1971–1973 * 1973–1976 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Deaths
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 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] |
Strathfield, New South Wales
Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Strathfield. A small section of the suburb north of the railway line lies within the City of Canada Bay, while the area east of The Boulevard lies within the Municipality of Burwood. North Strathfield and Strathfield South are separate suburbs to the north and south, respectively. History The Strathfield district lies between the Concord Plains to the north and the Cooks River to the south, and was originally occupied by the Wangal clan. European colonisation in present-day Strathfield commenced in 1793 with the issue of land grants in the area of "Liberty Plains", an area including present-day Strathfield as well as surrounding areas, where the first free settlers received land grants. In 1808, a grant was made to James Wilshire, which forms the largest p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1971 New South Wales State Election (Legislative Assembly)
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1971 New South Wales state election. Results by Electoral district Albury Armidale Ashfield Auburn Balmain Bankstown Barwon Bass Hill Bathurst Blacktown Bligh Blue Mountains Broken Hill Burrendong Burrinjuck Burwood Byron Campbelltown Canterbury Casino Castlereagh Cessnock Charlestown Clarence Collaroy Coogee Cook's River Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1968 New South Wales State Election
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1968 New South Wales state election. Results by Electoral district Albury Armidale Ashfield Auburn Balmain *The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and Independent candidates for Balmain. Bankstown Barwon Bass Hill Bathurst Gus Kelly () died in 1967 and Clive Osborne () won the seat at the resulting by-election. Blacktown Bligh Blue Mountains Bondi Broken Hill Broken Hill was a new seat, and consisted of parts of the abolished districts of Cobar and Sturt and was the first time since 1913 where all of the town of Broken Hill was in the one district. Lew Johnstone (Labor) was the member for Cobar. The me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jackett (politician)
John Gordon Thorne Jackett (21 October 1912 – 11 January 2003) was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Burwood in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1978. Jackett was born in Unley, South Australia, to Gordon Jackett (NSW MLA 1935–1938, 1941–1951) and his wife Ethel May Martin. The family moved to New South Wales in 1918, and Jackett was educated at The King's School, Parramatta, after which he joined the family business. In 1940 he enlisted in the AIF, serving in the Middle East, Darwin and New Guinea until 1945. In 1953 he was elected to Burwood Council, where he served until 1962. In 1961, Jackett married Bethyl Margaret McKerihan, with whom he had two children. In 1965, Jackett contested Liberal preselection for the state seat of Burwood and defeated the sitting member, Ben Doig. Doig contested the election as an independent, but Jackett was elected fairly easily. He defeated Doig again in 1968 and 1971 and was re- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1965 New South Wales State Election
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1965 New South Wales state election. Results by electoral district Albury Armidale Ashfield−Croydon Auburn Balmain Bankstown Barwon Bass Hill Bathurst Blacktown Bligh Bondi Bulli Burrinjuck Burwood * Ben Doig was the sitting Liberal member for Burwood, however he lost pre-selection which he blamed on his support for state aid to church schools. Byron Canterbury Casino Castlereagh Cessnock Clarence Cobar Collaroy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1962 New South Wales State Election
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1962 New South Wales state election. Results by Electoral district Albury Armidale Ashfield−Croydon Auburn Balmain Bankstown Barwon Bass Hill Bass Hill was a new seat that was notionally a safe Labor seat. Bathurst Blacktown *Blacktown became a notional Labor seat in the redistribution. Bligh * Bligh was a new seat created from the abolished districts of Paddington−Waverley, held by Keith Anderson (Labor) and Woollahra held by Vernon Treatt (Liberal). It was a notionally a marginal Liberal seat. Bondi Bulli Burrinjuck Burwood Byron Canterbury Casino Castl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Parr
Dr Leslie James Albert Parr (15 June 1897 – 3 December 1956) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1951 until his death. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Parr was born in Rockdale, New South Wales, attending Sydney Boys High School in 1910–14. He was the son of a draper and graduated from the medical faculty of the University of Sydney. He initially worked as a general practitioner but then specialized in Rheumatology and was the foundation president of the Australian Rheumatology Association. During World War Two he served with the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps and reached the rank of Major. Following the war he joined the Liberal Party and was elected the state president. After an unsuccessful attempt to win the seat of Dulwich Hill at the 1950 state election. Parr was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Liberal member for the seat of Burwood at the 1951 by-election Events January * Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
