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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1913–1917
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1913 to 1917 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the election on 6 December 1913 and the election on 24 March 1917. The President was Sir Francis Suttor until his death in April 1915 and then Fred Flowers. At the Easter 1916 NSW Labor Conference, the Holman government was censured "for refusing to endeavour to carry out and give effect to the first plank of the Labour platform - abolitlon of the Upper House". The Labor split in November 1916 over conscription completely recast the party composition of the Legislative Assembly. Premier Holman, and twenty of his supporters were expelled from the party for defying party policy and supporting conscription. They joined a grand coalition with the members of the various conservative parties. By 1917, this had coalesced into the Nationalist Party of Australia. No members of the Legislative Council w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. It is normal for legislation to be first deliberated on and passed by the Legislative Assembly before being considered by the Legislative Council, which acts in the main as a house of review. The Legislative Council has 42 members, elected by proportional representation in which the whole state is a single electorate. Members serve eight-year terms, which are staggered, with half the Council being elected every four years, roughly coinciding with elections to the Legislative Assembly. History The parliament of New South Wales is Australia's oldest legislature. It had its beginnings when New South Wales was a British colony under the control of the Governor, and was first established by the ''New South Wales Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Pilcher
Charles Edward Pilcher (20 April 1844 – 22 December 1916) was an Australian barrister and member of the Parliament of New South Wales. Early life He was born at West Maitland, New South Wales, the younger son of Henry Incledon Pilcher, solicitor, and his wife Eliza (née Brockley). He was educated at the Presbyterian High School and the University of Sydney, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1865. He was admitted to the bar in 1867. In 1871, he married Maria McPhillamy (died 1903), with whom he had four children. New South Wales parliament He contested the Legislative Assembly seat of West Macquarie at the 1874–75 election, winning with 58.7% of the votes. He held the seat at the 1877 election, and 1880 election, before retiring in 1882. In 1891, he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Lewisham on . He was appointed King's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holman Ministry (1916–1920)
The Holman ministry (19161920), also known as the Second Holman ministry or Holman Nationalist ministry was the 36th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 19th Premier, William Holman. Holman was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1898, serving until 1920, before being elected to the Australian House of Representatives. Holman had earlier served as Deputy Leader in the ministry of James McGowen, before replacing McGowen as leader of the parliamentary Labor Party and serving as Labor Premier between 1913 and 1916. In November 1916 Labor split over conscription, when Premier Holman, and twenty of his supporters were expelled from the party for defying party policy and supporting conscription. Holman and his supporters joined a grand coalition with the members of the various conservative parties. By 1917, this had coalesced into the Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party, also known as the National Party, was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Worker
''The Australian Worker'' was a newspaper produced in Sydney, New South Wales for the Australian Workers' Union. It was published from 1890 to 1950. History The newspaper had its origin in ''The Hummer'', "Official organ of the Associated Riverina Workers", a newspaper produced in Wagga Wagga in the depths of the 1890s depression on 19 October 1891. The paper was jointly funded by the Wagga branches of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia and the General Workers' Union, which merged in 1894 to form the Australian Workers' Union. ''The Hummer'' was the first union-owned newspaper in New South Wales (there was a privately owned pro-labor paper called ''The Shearers' Record'' published by Andrews and Taylor), and was born out of the perception that many or most mainstream newspaper proprietors and editors were sufficiently hostile to Unionism to suppress or mutilate letters and news items sympathetic to workers' rights, and to come down heavily on the side of business o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singleton Argus
''The Singleton Argus'', also published as ''The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate'', is a semiweekly English language newspaper published in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia since 1874. History ''The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate'' began as a weekly newspaper and was first published on 15 July 1874 by John Willis. In September 1874 it was purchased by Thomas Boyce and Henry Pinchin. The title was shortened to ''The Singleton Argus'' on 14 July 1880. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. See also * List of newspapers in Australia This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older newspapers, see list of defunct newspapers of Australia. National In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965. Daily newspape ... References External links The Singleton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Travers (New South Wales Politician)
John Travers (1866 – 16 April 1943) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1908 to 1934. He was a Labor member when appointed but later resigned to sit as an independent. Early life He was born in Cork to sea captain John Travers and Ellen McCarthy. He migrated to Australia and became a shipwright, serving as secretary of the Shipwrights Provident Union of New South Wales from around 1892 until his appointment to the Legislative Council in 1908. He served as president of the Eight Hour Day Committee and was a member of the central executive of the Labor Party from 1907, until March 1908 when he resigned due to his inability to regularly attend meetings. Legislative Council Travers was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, appointed in 1908, and serving until 1934. He was a Labor member when appointed by the Wade Liberal government, however he did not sign the Labor pledge until 1911. He was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McGowen Ministry
The McGowen ministry was the 34th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 18th Premier of New South Wales, Premier, James McGowen. This ministry marks the first Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor ministry in the state of New South Wales. McGowen was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1891, serving until 1917, before being appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, Legislative Council. He succeeded in defeating the government of Charles Wade at the 1910 New South Wales state election, 1910 state election and was commissioned to form government by Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Lord Chelmsford, Governor of New South Wales. In March 1911 Walter Bevan, a public servant employed as a Crown prosecutor (Australia), Crown prosecutor, was appointed Solicitor General for New South Wales, Solicitor General, however he was not a member of parliament, nor was this a cabinet role. (1988 Autumn) Bar News: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Sinclair (politician)
Andrew Sinclair (1861 – 28 June 1938) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Dunfermline to cabinetmaker Richard Sinclair and Anne Dewar. He migrated to Australia around 1893 and managed a joinery department. On 30 March 1899 he married Sarah Jane Clark, with whom he had three sons. He was a member of the Australian Socialist League from 1893 to 1894 and was on the staff of the ''Australian Workman''. In 1912 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor nominee. He left the party in the conscription split in 1916 and became a Nationalist, remaining in the Legislative Council until its reconstitution in 1934. Sinclair died at Ashfield Ashfield may refer to: People * Ashfield (surname) Places Australia * Ashfield, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Municipality of Ashfield, a former local government area in Sydney ** Electoral district of Ashfield, a former electoral dist ... in 1938. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Douglas Percy Holden
Thomas Douglas Percy Holden (1 January 1859 – 31 December 1938) was an Australian politician who served as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1912 to 1934 and also as an Alderman and Mayor of the Municipality of Redfern. The owner of a tobacconist and barber shop in Redfern, Holden spent most of his career associated with the Australian Labor Party. Early life and career He was born in Sydney to accountant Thomas Douglas Percy Holden and Mary Walsh. He ran a tobacconist and barber shop in Regent Street, Redfern. On 16 August 1898 he married Louisa Hodge, with whom he had three children. In 1899 he was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace. Political career A foundation member of the Redfern Labour League, the local branch of the Labor Electoral League of New South Wales, Holden served as treasurer of the electoral committee for the local member for Redfern, James McGowen. In February 1908, Holden stood for the Redfern Ward of Redfern Municipal Co ... [...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] |
Grand Coalition
A grand coalition is an arrangement in a multi-party parliamentary system in which the two largest political parties of opposing political ideologies unite in a coalition government. The term is most commonly used in countries where there are two dominant parties with different ideological orientations, and a number of smaller parties that have passed the electoral threshold to secure representation in the parliament. The two large parties will each try to secure enough seats in any election to have a majority government alone, and if this fails each will attempt to form a coalition with smaller parties that have a similar ideological orientation. Because the two large parties will tend to differ on major ideological issues, and portray themselves as rivals, or even sometimes enemies, they will usually find it more difficult to agree on a common direction for a combined government with each other than with smaller parties. Causes of a grand coalition Occasionally circumstances a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly has 93 members, elected by single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system. Members of the Legislative Assembly have the post-nominals MP after their names. From the creation of the assembly up to about 1990, the post-nominals "MLA" (Member of the Legislative Assembly) were used. The Assembly is often called ''the bearpit'' on the basis of the house's reputation for confrontational style during heated moments and the "savage political theatre and the bloodlust of its professional players" attributed in part to executive dominance. History The Legislativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
