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Candidates Of The 1969 Tasmanian State Election
The 1969 Tasmanian state election was held on 10 May 1969. Retiring Members No MLAs retired at this election. House of Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*). Bass Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Braddon Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Denison Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. Franklin Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Wilmot Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. {, class="wikitable" !Labor candid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Tasmanian State Election
The 1969 Tasmanian state election was held on 10 May 1969 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system . — seven members were elected from each of five electorates. The incumbent Labor Party, which had been in power continuously since 1934, was led by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Brookes
Harry George "George" Brookes (8 December 1934 – 14 April 2011) was a long-serving politician in Tasmania, Australia, firstly by being elected onto the now defunct St Leonards Council, and in latter years to the Tasmanian Legislative Council (25 May 1991 – 31 May 1997). Biography Brookes was educated at Invermay Primary School & Launceston Technical College. He spent 27 years in the newspaper industry as a machine compositor with the ''Launceston Examiner'', and spent 2 years in Victoria with the ''Colac Herald'' and the '' Melbourne Sun''. He was nominated for Patersonia Ward on 26 March 1963, against the sitting Councillor, and trebled his vote to win the seat. In February the following year (1964), he was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Executive Council. Brookes served total of 8 years as Warden of St Leonards. He ran St Leonards Junior Council for four years, teaching school children debating skills and meeting procedure. He resigned from St Leonards Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Austin (politician)
Kenneth Ernest Austin (9 October 1914 – 14 August 1986) was an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1964 as a Labor member for Denison. He served as Chair of Committees from 1974 until his defeat in 1976. He died in Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small .... References 1914 births 1986 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Denison (state)
The electoral division of Clark is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is located in Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent and includes the suburbs below Mount Wellington. Clark is named after Andrew Inglis Clark, a Tasmanian jurist who was the principal author of the Australian Constitution. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Clark. The electorate was renamed from the electoral division of Denison in September 2018. Denison was named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1847–55), and Governor of New South Wales (1855–61). The renaming of the electorate to Clark was in line with the renaming of the federal division of Denison to Clark. Clark and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system (also named after Andrew Inglis Clark). History and electoral profile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Lyons
Kevin Orchard Lyons (7 February 1923 – 24 May 2000) was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the seat of Darwin (later renamed Braddon). Biography Early life Born in 1923 in Hobart, he was the son of Joseph Lyons (who would go on to become Premier of Tasmania and later Prime Minister of Australia) and Enid Lyons (who would become the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives), and brother of Tasmanian politician Brendan Lyons. Political career Lyons was elected to the House of Assembly for the Liberal Party on 21 August 1948, and from 29 October 1956 to 1 June 1959 was Speaker of the House. On 7 September 1966, Lyons resigned from the Liberal Party after a dispute arose over preselection for the upcoming election. He sat as an independent until 1969, when he pulled together the remains of the Tasmania division of the Country Party under the new name of the Centre Party, with himself as leader. He then r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Young (Tasmanian Politician)
William Thomson Young (22 March 1912 – 18 October 2012) was an Australian politician. Born in Scotland, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1971, for services as Warden of the Municipality of Burnie. Also in that year he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for West Devon. He had previously contested the federal seat of Braddon for the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ... in 1961. Young died in November 2012. References 1912 births 2012 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Australian justices of the peace Scottish emigrants to Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Breheny
John Gerald Breheny (17 May 1910 – 11 February 2009) was an Australian politician. He was born in Toowoomba in Queensland. In 1951 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ... member for Darwin (later Braddon) in a recount following Jack Chamberlain's resignation. He served until his defeat in 1972, and was then an Ulverstone councillor from 1976 to 1991. During his time on Ulverstone council, he was noted for publicly stating that "gay community are no better than Saddam Hussein". He died at Ulverstone in 2009. References 1910 births 2009 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Barker
Wilfrid George Barker (19 June 1907 – 21 January 1988) was an Australian politician. He was born in Launceston. In 1964 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Braddon. He held the seat until his retirement in 1976. He was awarded the CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ... in 1986. References 1907 births 1988 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Ward (politician)
Sydney Victor Ward (20 March 1903 – 27 May 1988) was an Australian politician. He was born in Woodbridge. In 1956 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ... member for Braddon. He was a minister from 1961 to 1969, and served in the House until his retirement in 1976. References 1903 births 1988 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Reece
Eric Elliott Reece, AC (6 July 190923 October 1999) was Premier of Tasmania on two occasions: from 26 August 1958 to 26 May 1969, and from 3 May 1972 to 31 March 1975. His 13 years as premier remains the second longest in Tasmania's history, Only Robert Cosgrove has served for a longer period as premier. Reece was the first Premier of Tasmania to have been born in the 20th century. Biography Born in the small Tasmanian town of Mathinna, Reece joined the Australian Workers' Union in 1934, having that year obtained a job at a copper mine after four years' unemployment. From 1935 to 1946 he was in charge of the AWU's West Coast District organisation. Reece attempted to enter the House of Representatives for the Division of Darwin at the federal elections of 1940 and 1943, but failed both times. In 1943, his successful opponent was Dame Enid Lyons. On 23 November 1946, Reece was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the state seat of Darwin. He would re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Costello
Lloyd Edwin Albert Costello (10 December 1922 – 20 June 2001) was an Australian politician. He was born in Flowerdale, and served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1941 to 1946. In 1959 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the la ... member for Braddon. He served as Chair of Committees from 1961 to 1969 and as a minister from 1972 until his resignation from the House in 1975. References 1922 births 2001 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Chisholm
Geoffrey Donald Chisholm (8 September 1929 – 13 January 2006) was an Australian politician. He was born in Smithton, Tasmania. In 1964, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Braddon. He was Chair of Committees from 1972 to 1974 and a minister from 1974 until his retirement in 1979. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Order (distinction), honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarchy of Australia, Queen of Aus ... in 1992. His son-in-law, Michael Polley, is also a state Labor politician. Chisholm died in his sleep, aged 76, at his home in Devonport on 13 January 2006. References 1929 births 2006 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Members of the Order of Australia Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania 20th-century Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
