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Electoral District Of Hawthorn
The electoral district of Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1888 taking effect at the 1889 elections. The seat is located in eastern Melbourne and is centred on the suburbs of Hawthorn and Hawthorn East. It also includes Camberwell and parts of Canterbury, Glen Iris, and Surrey Hills. It has usually been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors, having been held by a number of leaders and senior ministers. With the exception of two occasions when Liberal MPs defected and sat as independents, it has only been held by non-Liberal MPs three times in its history: independent Leslie Hollins from 1940 to 1945, Labor-turned-Labor (Anti-Communist) MP Charles Murphy from 1952 to 1955, and Labor MP John Kennedy from a shock win in 2018, before being unseated by previous Liberal Member, John Pesutto, in 2022. Notable former members for Hawthorn include former premiers Sir William McPherson and Ted Bailli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pesutto
John Pesutto (born 5 September 1970) is an Australian politician and lawyer serving as the leader of the Opposition in Victoria, holding office as the leader of the Victorian Branch of the Liberal Party of Australia. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the inner-city division of Hawthorn since 2022, and previously from 2014 to 2018. Early life and career Pesutto studied at Catholic Regional College Traralgon from 1983–1988, and studied a Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne from 1989–1993. He worked as a lawyer for Littleton Hackford from 1994–1996, as an Electorate Officer for Russell Broadbent from 1996–1997, as a lawyer for Henty Jepson & Kelly from 1997–2006, as a lawyer for Phillips Fox from 2006–2009, as a self-employed consultant from 2009–2011 and Director of the Productivity and Employment Unit with the Institute of Public Affairs in 2010, and in the Office of the Premier from 2011–2014 as Counse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Taylor (Victorian Politician)
Charles Taylor most often refers to: *Charles Taylor (Liberian politician) (born 1948), warlord and 22nd president of Liberia *Charles Taylor (philosopher) (born 1931), Canadian philosopher and social theorist Charles, Charlie, or Chuck Taylor may also refer to: Actors, comedians, and theatrical professionals *Charles Taylor (actor), American actor * Charles H. Taylor (lyricist) (1859–1907), British lyricist * Charles "Rip" Taylor (1935–2019), American actor and comedian * Charles W. Taylor (1800–1874), American actor and dramatist Journalists *Charles H. Taylor (publisher) (1846–1921), American newspaper publisher and politician * Charles P. B. Taylor (1935–1997), Canadian journalist, author, and horsebreeder * Chuck Taylor (journalist, born 1957), American journalist * Chuck Taylor (music journalist) (born 1962), American music journalist Politicians * Charles Taylor (Australian politician) (1861–1944), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *Charles Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Manson (politician)
James Williamson Manson (31 March 1908 – 30 August 1974) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Glasgow to drapery buyer Andrew Manson and Margaret Cranston Williamson Minto. He was educated in Scotland and worked for the cotton manufacturers J. & P. Coats Ltd, settling in Sydney in 1935. He served in the military during World War II, and on 12 September 1942 married Daphne Ruby Haines, with whom he had four children. He moved to Victoria, where he was public relations officer for the Liberal Party from 1949 to 1955. In 1955 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Hawthorn, transferring to Ringwood in 1958. He was cabinet secretary from 1964 to 1965, a minister without portfolio from September to December 1965, Minister for State Development from 1965 to 1970, and Minister for Tourism from February to June 1970. Manson retired in 1973 and died at Heathmont Heathmont is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km east of Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), formerly the Democratic Labor Party, is an Australian political party. It broke off from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as a result of the 1955 ALP split, originally under the name Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), and was renamed the Democratic Labor Party in 1957. In 1962, the Queensland Labor Party, a breakaway party of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party, became the Queensland branch of the DLP.Frank Mines. ''Gair'', Canberra City, ACT, Arrow Press (1975); The DLP was represented in the Senate from its formation through to 1974. The party held or shared the balance of power on several occasions, winning 11 percent of the vote at its peak in 1970, which resulted in it holding five out of the 60 Senate seats. It has never achieved representation in the House of Representatives but, due to Australia's instant-runoff voting system, it remained influential due to its recommendations for preference allocations. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
The Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), commonly known as Victorian Labor, is the semi-autonomous Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Victorian branch comprises two major wings: the parliamentary wing and the organisational wing. The parliamentary wing comprising all elected party members in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, which when they meet collectively constitute the party caucus. The parliamentary leader is elected from and by the caucus, and party factions have a strong influence in the election of the leader. The leader's position is dependent on the continuing support of the caucus (and party factions) and the leader may be deposed by failing to win a vote of confidence of parliamentary members. By convention, the premier sits in the Legislative Assembly, and is the leader of the party controlling a majority in that house. The party leader also typically is a member of the Assembly, though this is not a strict party constitu ... [...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] |
Fred Edmunds
Frederick Lewis Edmunds (12 April 1901 – 23 June 1985) was an Australian politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, to schoolteacher Walter George Edmunds and Frances Jane Fysh (the niece of Sir Philip Fysh, a former member of the House of Representatives), he was educated at West Hawthorn State School, Scotch College and Melbourne University. On 22 October 1922 he married Lillian Florence Hore, with whom he had two daughters. He became an orchardist at Ringwood in 1924 and also taught at Fiji Methodist High School (1924–26), Ballarat College (1927–32) and Scotch College (1937–45). During World War II he served as a major in the Southern Command (1940–43). Elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Hawthorn in 1945, he and fellow MP John Lechte were expelled from the party in February 1950 after criticising the Hollway Government. Edmunds was defeated at the election later that year. From 1950 to 1952 he was field se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Tyack
Leslie Tyack (17 December 1899 – 19 May 1970) was an Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne and attended state school at Portarlington. He worked for the Sunshine Harvester Company, before serving in World War I in France. On his return he qualified as a chartered accountant and worked for the Victorian Crown Law Department. On 15 January 1927, he married schoolteacher Thelma Camille La Mascotte Kirkham, with whom he had one daughter. He worked as an accountant for various firms, and from 1930 to 1951 was a member of Hawthorn City Council, of which he was mayor from 1948 to 1949. In 1939 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Hawthorn, but he was defeated in 1940. Tyack served during World War II as an amenities officer in Palestine and New Guinea, and was awarded the MBE in 1945. In 1950, he was re-elected to the seat of Hawthorn, but he lost again in 1952. He was briefly a Hawthorn City councillor again in 1954, but he then became a manager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Australia Party
The United Australia Party (UAP) was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. The party won four federal elections in that time, usually governing in coalition with the Country Party. It provided two prime ministers: Joseph Lyons ( 1932–1939) and Robert Menzies ( 1939–1941). The UAP was created in the aftermath of the 1931 split in the Australian Labor Party. Six fiscally conservative Labor MPs left the party to protest the Scullin Government's financial policies during the Great Depression. Led by Joseph Lyons, a former Premier of Tasmania, the defectors initially sat as independents, but then agreed to merge with the Nationalist Party and form a united opposition. Lyons was chosen as the new party's leader due to his popularity among the general public, with former Nationalist leader John Latham becoming his deputy. He led the UAP to a landslide victory at the 1931 federal election, where the party secured an outright majority in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Austin Gray
John Austin Gray MC (16 April 1892 – 6 May 1939) was an Australian politician. He was born in Warracknabeal to storekeeper Archibald Gray and Hannah Isabella Hutchinson. He attended state schools before working for the State Savings Bank of Victoria. During the First World War he served with the 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, being awarded the Military Cross. On his return he became an accountant. On 3 November 1920 he married Jessie Millicent Harris, with whom he had four children. He served on Hawthorn City Council from 1927 to 1939 and was mayor from 1937 to 1938. A founding member and president of the Young Nationalists, he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ... in 1930. He was briefly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist Party Of Australia
The Nationalist Party, also known as the National Party, was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the latter formed by Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his supporters after the 1916 Labor Party split over World War I conscription. The Nationalist Party was in government (from 1923 in coalition with the Country Party) until electoral defeat in 1929. From that time it was the main opposition to the Labor Party until it merged with pro-Joseph Lyons Labor defectors to form the United Australia Party (UAP) in 1931. The party is a direct ancestor of the Liberal Party of Australia, the main centre-right party in Australia. History In October 1915 the Australian Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher of the Australian Labor Party, retired; Billy Hughes was chosen unanimously by the Labor caucus to succeed him. Hughes was a strong supporter of Australia's participation in World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economy Party (Australia)
The Reich Party of the German Middle Class (german: Reichspartei des deutschen Mittelstandes), known from 1920 to 1925 as the Economic Party of the German Middle Classes (german: Wirtschaftspartei des deutschen Mittelstandes), was a conservative German political party during the Weimar Republic. It was commonly known as the Wirtschaftspartei or WP. Development Following the establishment of the Weimar Republic the German National People's Party (DNVP), which emerged as the main conservative party, hoped to include Germany's established bourgeoisie as a natural part of its own support base. This however was not to the case, as the party quickly became associated with general rural interests as well as those of big business and as a result the WP was formed in 1920 to be the party of these ''Mittelstand'' views.Geoff Eley, ''Reshaping the German Right: Radical Nationalism and Political Change After Bismarck'', University of Michigan Press, 1991, p. 359 In order to reflect the views o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
