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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1920–1922
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1920 to 1922 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the election on 20 March 1920 and the election on 25 March 1922. The President was Fred Flowers. See also *Storey ministry The Storey ministry was the 37th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 20th Premier, John Storey. Storey was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1901, serving until his death while Premier in 1921, w ... * First Dooley ministry * First Fuller ministry * Second Dooley ministry Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1920-1922 Members of New South Wales parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians ... [...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] |
Frank Bryant (politician)
Francis Henry Bryant (14 February 1864 – 16 September 1946) was an Australian politician. He was born in West Maitland to baker Francis Michael Bryant and Harriett Horder. From 1885 to 1890 he worked for the Salvation Army across New South Wales, later working as a compositor. In 1882 he married Elizabeth Horder, with whom he had four children; he would later marry Harriett O'Connor on 10 March 1924. From 1905 to 1907 he was vice-president of the New South Wales Typographical Association, serving as president in 1906. He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1912 as a Labor member, having been president of that party's central executive from 1908 to 1909. He was appointed a member of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage in 1916, 1918, and 1922. He split with the Labor Party over conscription in the 1916 Labor split and campaigned for Nationalist Party candidates at the 1917 election, including William Holman (Cootamundra) John Nich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuller Ministry (1921)
The Fuller ministry (1921) or First Fuller ministry was the 39th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 22nd Premier, Sir George Fuller. The ministry covers just seven hours during 20 December 1921, the shortest of any ministry in the history of self-government in the state. Fuller was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1889, defeated in 1894, elected to the House of Representatives in 1901, defeated in 1914, and re-elected to the Assembly in 1917 and serving until 1928. The 1920 state election saw a large swing against the Nationalist Party, losing 24 seats, including that of Premier William Holman, with Fuller becoming leader of the Nationalist Party. The assembly was evenly divided, with Labor having 43 seats and the support of Percy Brookfield () and Arthur Gardiner (Independent Labor), while the Nationalists had 28 seats, the Progressive Party had 15 seats and 2 independent Nationalists. The Speaker of the Legislative Assem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dooley Ministry (1921)
The Dooley ministry (1921) or the first Dooley ministry was the 38th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 21st Premier, James Dooley. It was the first of two occasions that Dooley was Premier. Dooley was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1907, serving until 1927, when he fell out with the Labor leadership, lost Labor preselection, and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent Labor candidate for the Senate in the 1931 federal election. Dooley served as Deputy Labor leader to Ernest Durack and then John Storey, when Labor came to power at the 1920 state election, with what Storey called "half a mandate". The assembly was evenly divided, with Labor having 43 seats and the support of Percy Brookfield () and Arthur Gardiner (Independent Labor), while the Nationalists had 28 seats and the support of 15 seats of Progressive Party and 2 independent Nationalists. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly did not vote unless there was a tie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storey Ministry
The Storey ministry was the 37th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 20th Premier, John Storey. Storey was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1901, serving until his death while Premier in 1921, with a break between 1904 and 1907 following the abolition of his seat. In November 1916 Labor split over conscription, when Premier William 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, which by 1917, this had coalesced into the Nationalist Party of Australia. Storey was elected leader of the Labor party in 1917 and helped to reduce the scale of Labor's defeat in the 1917 election. Storey led Labor to a resurgent result at the 1920 state election, picking up 10 seats with Storey calling the result "half a mandate". Holman had been defeated for his seat and Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''Th ... [...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] |
James Wilson (New South Wales Politician, Born 1862)
James Wilson (1862 – 24 September 1925) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at Redditch to labourer James Wilson and Martha Collins. He migrated to New South Wales around 1870 and worked as a confectioner. He was secretary of the Confectioners Employees Union and its delegate to the Trades and Labor Council, of which he was president in 1892. He was a foundation member of the Labor Party, and president of the Political Labor League from 1898 to 1899. Around 1902 he married Lucy Anne Garnett, with whom he had a daughter. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1899 until his death in 1925. He was reportedly a prominent Labor figure, "brilliant speaker" and sought-after campaigner in his earlier years, but suffered from ailing health and was "not prominent" later in his career, rarely attending the last session before his death. Wilson died in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Connington
Michael Joseph Connington (1873 – 3 December 1930) was an Irish-born trade unionist, industrial advocate and politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1917 until his death. Connington was born in County Roscommon in Ireland and migrated to Sydney with his family at a young age, where he was educated at Marist Brothers' College at Darlinghurst. He was a commercial traveller and then lived in New Zealand for several years. He later returned to New South Wales and was secretary of the Trolley, Draymen and Carters' Union of Sydney and Suburbs from 1901 to 1916 under Billy Hughes, who would become a close friend. Connington resigned from the union in 1916 when it came out against Hughes' support for conscription, but unlike Hughes did not leave the party in the 1916 Labor split. After his departure from the union, he began a prominent career as an industrial advocate. He was a member of the state executive of the Labor P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Dewar (Australian Politician)
George Alexander Dewar (25 March 1868 – 2 August 1953) was an Australian politician. He was born in Ballarat to waiter Donald Dewar and Sarah Dallas. He was educated in Melbourne and became a rural worker, before mining at Chiltern. His union involvement saw him move away to become a firewood cutter, and around 1903 he settled at Mudgee. He later became a brewer, and in 1921 was appointed to the 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 th ... as a Labor member. He served until the reconstitution of the Council in 1934, and later retired to Mount Isa. He died in Sydney in August 1953. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dewar, George 1868 births 1953 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Percival (politician)
John Whitehead Percival (27 September 1870 – 1 February 1942) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Huddersfield in Yorkshire to brass moulder William Percival and Hannah Whitehead. He worked as a newspaper manager, arriving in New South Wales around 1894. For 17 years he was the manager of the Bathurst ''National Advocate'' from 16 May 1904, until 21 December 1923, when he was forced to resign after being caught misusing company money. On 18 October 1905 he married Emily Amelia Cartrell, with whom he had four children. He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1921 as a Labor member. Labor had long had a policy of abolishing the Legislative Council. On 23 February 1926 Albert Willis, the Representative of the Government in the Legislative Council sought leave to resume debate on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) that would abolish the Legislative Council however Percival and another Labor member Frank Bryant voted against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
