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George Laffer
George Richards Laffer (14 September 1866 – 7 December 1933) was an Australian politician. He was member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1913 until 1933, representing the electorate of Alexandra for the Liberal Union, and its successors the Liberal Federation and Liberal and Country League. He was a minister in the Barwell government, and was Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1927 until 1930. Laffer was born at Coromandel Valley into a fruit-growing family, his father having emigrated from Cornwall in 1840. He continued in the family business, and was actively involved in agricultural organisations, serving as a founder of the South Australian Fruitgrowers' Association, life member of the Agricultural Bureau, and as chairman of the Advisory Board of Agriculture. He served nine years on the Mitcham District Council, including four years as chairman. Laffer was elected to the House of Assembly for Alexandra on his third attempt in 1913. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Richards Laffer
George Richards Laffer (14 September 1866 – 7 December 1933) was an Australian politician. He was member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1913 until 1933, representing the electorate of electoral district of Alexandra, Alexandra for the Liberal Union (Australia), Liberal Union, and its successors the Liberal Federation and Liberal and Country League. He was a minister in the Henry Barwell, Barwell government, and was Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1927 until 1930. Laffer was born at Coromandel Valley, South Australia, Coromandel Valley into a fruit-growing family, his father having emigrated from Cornwall in 1840. He continued in the family business, and was actively involved in agricultural organisations, serving as a founder of the South Australian Fruitgrowers' Association, life member of the Agricultural Bureau, and as chairman of the Advisory Board of Agriculture. He served nine years on the City of Mitcham, Mitcham District Council, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blacker (politician)
William James Blacker (30 May 1843 – 22 November 1913) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seats of Noarlunga from 1892 to 1902 and Alexandra from 1902 to 1913, representing the Liberal and Democratic Union from 1906 to 1910 and the Liberal Union from 1910 to 1913. He was colloquially known as "Old Bill Blacker". Blacker was born at Radstock, Somerset in the United Kingdom, and migrated to South Australia with his family in 1855. His family settled at Yankalilla, where he was educated. He farmed at Yankalilla for 16 years, and in 1871 took up his own farm at Willunga, which he held for the rest of his life. He also operated an auctioneering business for around thirty years, which he later sold to Bagot, Shakes & Lewis. He married Elizabeth Pomeroy in 1872, and had five sons and three daughters. He was heavily involved in Freemasonry: he was a member of the Order of Foresters from age 18 until his death, was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 Births
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Australian People Of Cornish Descent
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speakers Of The South Australian House Of Assembly
Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In poetry, the literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character; see Character (arts) Electronics * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers, speakers sold for use with computers ** Speaker driver, the essential electromechanical element of the loudspeaker Arts, entertainment and media * Los Speakers (or "The Speakers"), a Colombian rock band from the 1960s * ''The Speaker'' (periodical), a weekly review published in London from 1890 to 1907 * ''The Speaker'' (TV series), a 2009 BBC television series * "Speaker" (song), by David Banner * "Speakers" (Sam Hunt song), 2014 * ''The Speaker'', the second book in Traci Chee's Sea of Ink and Gold trilo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The South Australian House Of Assembly
This is a list of state elections in South Australia for the bicameral Parliament of South Australia, consisting of the House of Assembly ( lower house) and the Legislative Council (upper house). See also * List of South Australian House of Assembly by-elections * List of South Australian Legislative Council appointments * List of South Australian Legislative Council by-elections * Electoral districts of South Australia * Timeline of Australian elections External linksLower House results 1890-1965 Parliament of SA, www.parliament.sa.gov.au {{South Australian elections [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Shepherd
Eric John Shepherd (19 June 1894 – 30 August 1967) was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Victoria in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1924 to 1933. From 1930 to 1933 he was Speaker of the House. Shepherd had served in World War I in France and had won the Military Medal The Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other arms of the armed forces, and to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. The award .... References 1894 births 1967 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Speakers of the South Australian House of Assembly Place of birth missing Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Birrell
Frederick William Birrell (27 August 1869 – 20 January 1939) was an Australian typographer and politician. History Birrell was born in North Adelaide, a twin son of Eliza Birrell (née Banks) and Andrew Birrell, labourer, who married in 1865, then deserted his wife soon after Frederick and Albert Ernest Birrell were born. She and her children were helped by (later Sir) Robert Kyffin Thomas, general manager of the ''South Australian Register'', and Frederick later gained employment as a printer with ''The Register'' and in 1892 became a member of the Typographical Society of South Australia. A few years later he started work at the Labor Party newspaper, '' The Herald'', as a linotype operator. He also served as a journalist and member of its board of management. Birrell represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of North Adelaide from 1921 to 1933 for the Labor Party. He served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly The Speaker of the South Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Hudd
Sir Herbert Sydney Hudd (25 February 1881 – 30 April 1948) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Torrens from 1912 to 1915 for the Liberal Union and Alexandra from 1920 to 1938 and from 1941 to 1948 for the Liberal Federation and the Liberal and Country League. Hudd was born in Adelaide and educated at Grote Street State School. He worked in his father's chocolate factory at Medindie before becoming managing director of the company. He served as a captain with the First Australian Imperial Force in World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918. He was a member of the Adelaide Hospital board from 1912 to 1925, president of the South Australian Literary Societies' Union from 1913 to 1914, a member of the University of Adelaide council from 1921 to 1924, deputy chairman of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science and chairman of Adelaide Cement Company Limited from 1947. Hudd was elected to the House of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Peake
Archibald Henry Peake (15 January 1859 – 6 April 1920) was an Australian politician. He was Premier of South Australia on three occasions: from 1909 to 1910 for the Liberal and Democratic Union, and from 1912 to 1915 and 1917 to 1920 for its successor, the Liberal Union. He had also been Treasurer and Attorney-General in the Price-Peake coalition government from 1905 to 1909. Early life and career Peake's family migrated from Chelsea, London in 1862, initially settled in Victoria, before moving to South Australia two years later. Peake was educated at state schools under his father, but in later life widened his education by studying in English history and literature. He entered the service of the District Council of Naracoorte, became district clerk in 1878. In 1893 he contested Albert in an election for the House of Assembly and was beaten by 50 votes, but four years later won the seat by two votes. He resigned his position as district clerk when he entered politics, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander McDonald (South Australian Politician)
Alexander McDonald (6 February 1849 – 10 April 1922) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ... seats of Noarlunga from 1887 to 1902 and Alexandra from 1902 to 1915. He represented the Australasian National League from 1893 to 1910 and the Liberal Union from 1910 until 1915. References 1849 births 1922 deaths Colony of South Australia people Members of the South Australian House of Assembly {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Heggaton
Percival Thomas (Percy) Heggaton (4 July 1869 – 14 December 1948) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Alexandra from 1906 to 1915, when he voluntarily retired when the electorate's allocation went from four members to three. He stood again successfully in 1923, and held the seat until 1938 for the Australasian National League, Liberal Union, Liberal Federation and Liberal and Country League. He was for some time a member of the Public Works Committee. History Mr. Heggaton was born at Middleton on 4 June 1869, the third son of William Heggaton (c. 1826 – 1 August 1916). He was educated at the local public school, then Whinham College, before dairy farming at Vaudon Downs on Hindmarsh Island. In 1900 he established a cheese and butter factory on the island. He was for nine years a councillor with the Port Elliot District Council and chairman of for five years. He was a regular and successful exhibitor at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
