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Candidates Of The 1913 New South Wales State Election ...
This is a list of candidates for the 1913 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 6 December 1913. Retiring Members *Note: Lachlan Labor MLA Andrew Kelly died on 3 September 1913, shortly before the parliament was dissolved. Labor * John McNeill MLA ( Pyrmont) * John Meehan MLA ( Darling) Liberal *Fred Downes MLA ( Camden) * David Fell MLA (Lane Cove) *George Hindmarsh MLA ( Rous) * William Taylor MLA ( St George) Legislative Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. See also * Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election * Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1913–1917 Notes References {{Reflist 1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 New South Wales State Election
The 1913 New South Wales state election was held on 6 December 1913. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 23rd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a second ballot if a majority was not achieved on the first. The 22nd parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 6 November 1913 by the Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, on the advice of the Premier William Holman. There was a redistribution in 1912 as a result of the removal of the Australian Capital Territory from the state New South Wales and population growth in the Sydney metropolitan area. Labor won 7 of the 12 second round ballots. Key dates Results Changing seats See also * Candidates of the 1913 New South Wales state election * Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1913–1917 Notes References {{New South Wales elections Elections in New South Wales New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farmers And Settlers Association (NSW)
The National Party of Australia – N.S.W., commonly known as "The Nationals" or the NSW Nationals, is a political party in New South Wales which forms the state branch of the federal Nationals and has traditionally represented graziers, farmers, and rural voters generally. The party has generally been the junior partner in a centre-right Coalition with the NSW branch of the Liberal Party of Australia. Since 1927, the Nationals have been in Coalition with the Liberals and their predecessors, the Nationalist Party of Australia (1927–1931), the United Australia Party (1931–1943), and the Democratic Party (1943–1945). During periods of conservative government, the leader of the Nationals also serves as Deputy Premier of New South Wales. When the conservatives are in opposition, the Liberal and National parties usually form a joint opposition bench. New South Wales is the only state where the Coalition has never been broken, and yet has not merged into a unified non-Labor p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Strachan (explorer)
John Strachan (1846 – 30 August 1922) was a Scottish-born Australian shipmaster and explorer. Born in Montrose, Scotland, to engineer John Strachan and Sarah, ''née'' Delarne, Strachan's family moved to England in 1853 where he studied engineering before running away to sea, fighting for the Union in the American Civil War, sailing on the trade routes from India to Japan, whaling in the Arctic, advising the Prince of Higo in Japan, and managing guano workings on Baker Island. He arrived in Tasmania on 25 April 1872 as mate of the ''Rita'', and on 3 March 1875 married Alice Sarah Henrietta Plummer at Launceston. He worked at Bird Island in the Coral Sea managing more guano workings and visited Torres Strait in September 1875. Subsequently Strachan established himself in Sydney before becoming New Guinea correspondent for the '' Age'', embarking on an exploratory trip down the Mai Kassa River on 6 May 1884 which resulted in considerable fighting with the indigenous pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Bruntnell
Albert Bruntnell (4 August 1866 – 31 January 1929) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1906 until his death and held a number of ministerial positions in the Government of New South Wales. He was a conservative and at various times he represented the Liberal and Reform and the Nationalist parties. Early life Bruntnell was born in Breconshire, Wales. His father was a master blacksmith and he was educated to elementary level at National schools. Bruntnell was trained as a tailor but in 1885 he joined the Salvation Army and attended the Salvation Army Training School. Following graduation, his first appointment as a Salvation Army Officer was to accompany Commissioner Howard to Australia in 1888. He remained in Australia and was promoted to Captain in Melbourne in 1889. Bruntnell reached the rank of Brigadier by 1897 when he became the colonial commanding officer in Victoria. He later held the same position in Queenslan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hill Griffith
Arthur Hill Griffith (16 October 1861 – 1 November 1946) was a politician, teacher and patent attorney in New South Wales, Australia. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1894 until 1917 and held a number of ministerial positions in the Government of New South Wales. He was a member of the Labor Party. Early life Griffith was born in Westmeath, Ireland, to Arthur Hill Griffith (1810-1881), a magistrate, and his second wife, Hannah Rose Cottingham (1826-1921), daughter of James Courtney Morton Cottingham, Esquire (1788 - 1876), and Hannah Robinson. His paternal grandfather was Richard Griffith, MP, whose son, Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet, was his uncle. His great-grandmother was the noted actress and writer Elizabeth Griffith. The Griffith family descends from the Dukes of Penrhyn. His siblings included Christopher Arthur Griffith (1858 - 1949), a physician, and Edward Arthur Griffith (1857-1949), a mining attorney, whose descendants incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Annandale
Annandale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894, with the abolition of multi-member constituencies, from part of Balmain, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Annandale. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Balmain. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1950, and partly replaced by Newtown-Annandale. Members for Annandale The seat was first held by the Free Trade Party's William Mahony who won the inaugural election in 1894 without an absolute majority. He won the following election in 1895 with an increased swing of 22%. The 1898 election saw Mahony returned with a reduced majority. He also defeated Isaiah Reginald Cohen, a candidate he would go on defeat a further two times. Prior to the first election after federation in 1901, the and parties merged to form the Liberal Reform Party. Mahony, standing as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Morton (politician)
Mark Fairles Morton (28 September 1865 – 28 September 1938) was an Australian politician. He was born near Nowra to surveyor Henry Gordon Morton and Jane, ''née'' Fairlies. He attended Numbaa Public School and Hurstville College in Goulburn before working on the bridge over the Shoalhaven River at Nowra. He subsequently worked as a stock agent before settling in Nowra as an auctioneer. He served on Nowra Council from 1896, with a period as mayor in 1901. From 1906 to 1916 he was a member of the Aborigines Protection Board. On 6 March 1907, he married Minnie Fuller, with whom he had a son; on 23 April 1919 he married Sarah Emily Fuller. From a political family, his brothers Philip and Henry and his nephew Pat also served in the New South Wales Parliament, while his brother-in-law George Fuller was Premier. In 1901, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Shoalhaven. Shoalhaven was renamed Allowrie in 1904. By the time propo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Allowrie
Allowrie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales first created in 1904 and replacing Shoalhaven and part of Moruya. Its name appears to be Aboriginal, meaning "pleasant place near the sea" or "high place near the sea" and may be the source of the name Illawarra. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Wollondilly, along with Wollongong. Members for Allowrie The seat's inaugural election in 1904 was won by Mark Morton who was the sitting MP for Shoalhaven. He defeated the sitting MP for Kiama, Alexander Campbell. Morton went to win the next four elections. He won unopposed in 1907 and defeated 's Charles William Craig twice 1910 and 1913. Prior the 1917 election, Morton became a member of the newly formed Nationalist Party and was returned with a slightly increased majority. The seat was abolished in 1920 and Morton went on to serve as the member for Wollondilly Wollondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Hickey (politician)
Simon Hickey (6 June 1878 – 18 May 1958) was an Australian politician. He was born at Botobolar near Mudgee to agricultural labourer Patrick Hickey, an Irish-American, and Mary, ''née'' Swift. His family moved to Menah in 1882 and to Auburn in 1890. Hickey received a primary education but at the age of thirteen left school to work as a drayman's assistant, eventually being apprenticed to a Mudgee saddler in 1893. He worked in Sydney for the saddler's firm, which failed. In 1911 he married Hilda Ellen Dacey, daughter of Labor MP John Dacey. In 1912 he entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Alexandria on the death of his father-in-law; he moved to the multi-member seat of Botany in 1920. The 1920 election was evenly divided with Labor only able to govern due to Nationalist Daniel Levy controversially accepting re-election as speaker. Levy resigned as speaker and on 13 December 1921 Hickey was elected Speaker. This left the Dooley Labor G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Alexandria
Alexandria was an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1904, partly replacing Electoral district of Waterloo, Waterloo, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Alexandria, New South Wales, Alexandria. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Electoral district of Botany, Botany. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1930. Members for Alexandria John Dacey, the sitting MP for Electoral district of Botany, Botany since 1895, was defeated for Labor pre-selection in that seat. However he agreed to stand in the newly formed seat of Alexandria. His main opponent was George Anderson (Australian politician), George Anderson, the MP who had held the seat of Electoral district of Waterloo, Waterloo since its creation in 1894. In one of the close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon McLaurin
Gordon Ranald McLaurin (1862 – 13 October 1917) was an Australian politician. Biography McLaurin was born near Holbrook to Isabella Rankin and James McLaurin, a pastoralist and politician. He was educated by a private tutor while growing up on his father's station, after which he worked for Goldsbrough Mort & Co. In 1891 he purchased his father's land. McLaurin's father had briefly been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Hume, and Gordon also became a member of the Legislative Assembly representing The Hume, winning the seat at the 1901 by-election as the Progressive candidate. He transferred to Albury in 1904 and after the collapse of his party was one of few Progressives not to join the Liberal Party, continuing in parliament as an Independent Liberal. He held his seat in 1907, however he was defeated in 1913 by the Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Party Association
The Country Party Association was an early attempt to establish an agrarian party in New South Wales. It was formed in 1913 as a reaction against the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales's policy of co-operation and joint endorsement with the Liberal Reform Party. It elected one member at the 1913 state election, George Briner (a sitting independent), but he soon joined the Liberals and the Country Party Association faded. The president of the association was Walter Bennett, a local politician who had served as member for Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county * Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ... until 1907. References {{reflist Defunct political parties in New South Wales Political parties established in 1913 1913 establishments in Australia Political parties with year o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
