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Laurie Wilkinson
Lawrence Degenhardt Wilkinson (12 November 1903 – 9 November 1991) was an Australian politician. Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, he was educated at Perth Modern School, then the South Australian School of Mines and finally the University of Adelaide before becoming an electrical engineer. He was also a dairy farmer and telecommunications engineer. In 1966, he won the second of two seats at the special election for the Australian Senate to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Liberal Senators Sir Shane Paltridge and Seddon Vincent. Peter Sim and Reg Withers had been appointed to the vacancies, however the Australian Constitution had not been changed since the introduction of proportional representation in 1949 and dictated that an appointment to a casual vacancy was required to be re-contested at the next election. Even though both vacancies were due to the death of Liberal Senators, Labor, with 41.80% of the vote, was able to pick up the second seat, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives (Australia), House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. There are a total of 76 senators: 12 are elected from each of the six states and territories of Australia, Australian states regardless of population and 2 from each of the two autonomous internal states and territories of Australia, Australian territories (the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). Senators are popularly elected under the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. Unlike upper houses in other Westminster system, Westminster-style parliamentary systems, the Senate is vested with significant powers, including the capacity to reject all bills, including budget and appropriation bills, initiated by the government in the House of Representatives, maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Paltridge
Sir Shane Dunne Paltridge KBE (11 January 1910 – 21 January 1966) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the Menzies Government as Minister for Shipping and Transport (1955–1960), Civil Aviation (1956–1964), and Defence (1964–1966). He was a Senator for Western Australia from 1951 until his death in 1966. Prior to entering politics he worked as a bank clerk, hotel manager and soldier. Early life Paltridge was born on 11 January 1910 in Leederville, Western Australia. He was the son of Florence Marjory (née Thomas) and Archer Dunn Paltridge. His father worked as a banker and the family lived for periods in Western Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales. He attended primary school in Moora, Western Australia, Ipswich, Queensland, and Enmore, New South Wales, before completing his education to the age of 16 with an Intermediate Certificate from Fort Street Boys' High School in Sydney. In 1927 Paltridge began working for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Deaths
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1903 Births
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Members Of The Australian Senate
Following are lists of members of the Australian Senate: * Members of the Australian Senate, 1901–1903 *Members of the Australian Senate, 1904–1906 *Members of the Australian Senate, 1907–1910 *Members of the Australian Senate, 1910–1913 *Members of the Australian Senate, 1913–1914 *Members of the Australian Senate, 1914–1917 *Members of the Australian Senate, 1917–1920 * Members of the Australian Senate, 1920–1923 * Members of the Australian Senate, 1923–1926 * Members of the Australian Senate, 1926–1929 *Members of the Australian Senate, 1929–1932 * Members of the Australian Senate, 1932–1935 *Members of the Australian Senate, 1935–1938 *Members of the Australian Senate, 1938–1941 * Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944 * Members of the Australian Senate, 1944–1947 * Members of the Australian Senate, 1947–1950 * Members of the Australian Senate, 1950–1951 * Members of the Australian Senate, 1951–1953 (terms deemed to have begun 1950) * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Australian Senate For Western Australia
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Australian Labor Party Members Of The Parliament Of Australia
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1967 Australian Senate Election
Elections were held on 25 November 1967 to elect half of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate. There was no accompanying election to the House of Representatives as the two election cycles had been out of synchronisation since 1963. The results were a setback for the government of Harold Holt. Having won a landslide victory at the House-only election the previous year, the Coalition instead lost two seats in the Senate. The Labor Party failed to make any gains in Gough Whitlam's first election as leader; the Democratic Labor Party gained two seats and held the balance of power until 1974. ;Notes *In New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, the coalition parties ran a joint ticket. Of the six senators elected on a joint ticket, three were members of the Liberal Party and three were members of the Country Party. In Western Australia, the coalition parties ran on separate tickets. In South Australia and Tasmania, only the Liberal Party ran a ticket. *The sole independent elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Section 15 Of The Constitution Of Australia
In the Parliament of Australia, a casual vacancy arises when a member of either the Senate or the House of Representatives: * dies * resigns mid-term * is expelled from Parliament and their seat is declared vacant, * is absent from (fails to attend) the house, without the permission of the house, for two consecutive months of a session, or * is disqualified. Disqualification The '' Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918''text requires candidates for Parliament to be Australian citizens. Qualifications for nomination. A member will be disqualified if they are found to have been ineligible for election, or become ineligible to sit, because they: *are a subject or citizen of a foreign power or under an acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power *are attainted (convicted) of treason *have been convicted and are under sentence or subject to be sentenced for an offence punishable by imprisonment for one year or longer under a Commonwealth or State law *are an u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sim
John Peter Sim, (21 June 1917 – 29 July 2015) was an Australian politician. Born in Colac, Victoria, he was a farmer in Western Australia before serving in the military 1941–1946. He was Vice-President of the Western Australian Liberal Party 1960–1962. On 26 November 1964, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for Western Australia, filling the casual vacancy caused by the death of Senator Seddon Vincent. The Australian Constitution dictated that a special Senate election had to be held at the same time as the lower house 1966 election, but Sim was re-elected. He held the seat until his retirement in 1980. Sim was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire 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 ... (CBE) on 31 December 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seddon Vincent
Victor Seddon Vincent (1 June 1908 – 9 November 1964) was an Australian politician. Born at Leonora, Western Australia, he was educated at Scotch College in Perth, and then the University of Western Australia, becoming a barrister. He practiced in Kalgoorlie from 1931. After serving in World War II (1939-1945), he was a member of Kalgoorlie Municipal Council, and President of the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Commerce. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for Western Australia. He held the seat until his death in 1964; Peter Sim was appointed to replace him. Early life Vincent was born on 1 June 1908 in the remote mining town of Leonora, Western Australia. He was one of three children born to Ethel (née Williams) and Victor Franklin Vincent. His father was an accountant and insurance agent. Vincent's mother died in 1911 when he was a young child. His father remarried to Marion Meagher in 1914 and settled the family in Perth in 1924, initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party. It was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Australia Party and has since become the most successful political party in Australia's history. The Liberal Party is the dominant partner in the Coalition with the National Party of Australia. At the federal level, the Liberal Party and its predecessors have been in coalition with the National Party since the 1920s. The Coalition was most recently in power from the 2013 federal election to the 2022 federal election, forming the Abbott (2013–2015), Turnbull (2015–2018) and Morrison (2018–2022) governments. After the Liberal Party lost the 2022 Australian federal election, Morrison announced he would step down as leader of the Liberal Party. Deputy Leader Josh Frydenberg also lost his seat, making senior Liberal MP Peter Dutton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
