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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1961–1964
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1961 and 1964 were indirectly elected by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament, with 15 members elected every three years. The most recent election was on 16 March 1961, with the term of new members commencing on 23 April 1961. The President of the New South Wales Legislative Council, President was William Dickson (Australian politician), William Dickson. See also *Cahill ministry (1959), Fourth Cahill ministry *Heffron ministry (1959–62), First Heffron ministry *Heffron ministry (1962–64), Second Heffron ministry References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1961-1964 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] |
Eileen Furley
Mabel Eileen Furley (; 13 March 1900 – 20 September 1985) was the first woman to represent the Liberal Party in the New South Wales Legislative Council. The only child of accountant Frederick John Griffith Llewelyn and Alice, ''née'' Thompson, Eileen was born in Mosman and educated there and at Glebe Point, afterwards working as a secretary. She married salesman Norman William Furley on 14 February 1931 at Roseville; they would be childless. She was officer-in-charge of sugar rationing in New South Wales from 1942 to 1945 and was also active in the Council for Women in War Work, the National Council of Women and the Food for Britain Fund, as well as superintendent of the Mosman National Emergency Services. She joined the Liberal Democratic Party in 1943 but, along with most of the LDP, joined the Liberal Party in 1945. Furley was elected female vice-president of the federal Liberal Party in 1949 and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1954. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heffron Ministry (1962–64)
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Heffron Ministry (1959–62)
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Cahill Ministry (1959)
__NOTOC__ The Cahill ministry (1959) or Fourth Cahill ministry was the 58th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 29th Premier, Joe Cahill, of the Labor Party. The ministry was the fourth and final of four consecutive occasions when the Government was led by Cahill, as Premier. Cahill was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1925 and served until 1932, representing the seats of St George and Arncliffe before being defeated. He was re-elected in 1935, again representing Arncliffe, and then represented Cook's River between 1941 and 1959. Having served continuously as Secretary for Public Works in the first, second, and third ministries of Jim McGirr, when Deputy Premier Jack Baddeley resigned, Cahill was appointed as McGirr's deputy on 21 September 1949. McGirr resigned as Premier several years later, on 2 April 1952, and Cahill was elected as Labor Leader and became Premier. Cahill led Labor to victory at the 1953, 1956, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Thompson (Australian Politician)
Richard Henry Thompson M.L.C. (20 July 1906 – 21 March 1964) was an Australian politician and Methodist Lay Preacher. He was born at Paeroa in New Zealand to miner Leslie Foster Thompson and Caroline Walker. His parents returned to Australia when he was two and he attended state schools before completing his education at Newington College (1922–1924). In his final year he was a member of the 1st XV Rugby, 1st VIII Rowing and 1st Debating Team. The Richard Thompson Memorial Debating Prize is awarded at Newington in his memory. After school he worked with Sun Newspapers Limited and later became a business consultant. Thompson was a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society and served as Chairman of City of Sydney Eisteddfod in 1946 and President of the Australian Debating Union from 1949 until 1964. He was a member of the council of Newington College from 1948 until 1964 and was President of the Old Newingtonians' Union in 1952 and 1953. He was a councillor of Leigh College a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Begg (politician)
Colin Elly Begg (31 January 1917 – 9 September 1984) was an Australian politician and judge. He was born in Sydney to electrical engineer Colin Erle Begg and Bertha Zadi. He first attended Sydney Grammar School. His final year of secondary education was at North Sydney Boys High School.NSBHS Pupil Number 3190 on School Roll He studied law at the University of Sydney, being admitted as a solicitor in 1940, and was first employed by John Corcoran and Company at 2 York Street Sydney. During World War II he served in the AIF, gaining the rank of lieutenant and being mentioned in despatches. On 17 November 1943 he married Ruth Lehmkull, with whom he had five children. He was called to the bar in 1946 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1958. In 1955 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Liberal Party. He resigned in 1964 to take up an appointment on the New South Wales Supreme Court. Begg died at Darling Point Darling Point is a harbourside east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Alam
Anthony Alexander Alam (23 February 1896 – 9 August 1983) was an Australian businessman, politician and philanthropist. He was one of the longest-serving members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, and a prominent member of the Lebanese community. Biography Early life Alam was born on 23 January 1896 in Wallsend, New South Wales, Wallsend. His parents were immigrant Lebanon, Lebanese storekeepers, Joseph Alam and Mary ''née'' Hashem. He was educated at De La Salle College Armidale. He married Therese Anthony (daughter of W. Anthony) at St. Columbia's Church, Charters Towers, Queensland, on 26 April 1924. Political career He was an active in the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party, and served as president of that Party's Division of Gwydir, Gwydir, Dubbo and Wammerawa branches. He represented Labor in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 21 December 1925 until 22 April 1958, when he retired from that position. He later filled a casual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian House Of Representatives
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of the House of Representatives is a maximum of three years from the date of the first sitting of the House, but on only one occasion since Federation has the maximum term been reached. The House is almost always dissolved earlier, usually alone but sometimes in a double dissolution of both Houses. Elections for members of the House of Representatives are often held in conjunction with those for the Senate. A member of the House may be referred to as a "Member of Parliament" ("MP" or "Member"), while a member of the Senate is usually referred to as a "Senator". The government of the day and by extension the Prime Minister must achieve and maintain the confidence of this House in order to gain and remain in power. The House of Representatives c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Sinclair
Ian McCahon Sinclair (born 10 June 1929) is a former Australian politician who served as leader of the National Party from 1984 to 1989. He was a government minister under six prime ministers, and later Speaker of the House of Representatives from March to November 1998. Sinclair was born in Sydney and studied law at the University of Sydney. He later bought a farming property near Tamworth. Sinclair was elected to parliament in 1963, and added to the ministry in 1965 as part of the Menzies Government. Over the following six years, he held various portfolios under four other prime ministers. Sinclair was elected deputy leader of his party in 1971, under Anthony. He was a senior member of the Fraser Government, spending periods as Minister for Primary Industry (1975–1979), Minister for Communications (1980–1982), and Minister for Defence (1982–1983). In 1984, Sinclair replaced Anthony as leader of the Nationals. He led the party to two federal elections, in 1984 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Marsh
Ralph Benson Marsh OBE (3 September 1909 – 9 May 1989) was an Australian trade union leader and politician. He served as Secretary of the Labor Council of New South Wales from 1967 to 1975 and as a member of the Legislative Council from 1962 to 1976. Early life Ralph was born in Newcastle, New South Wales on 30 September 1909, the son of Hugh Marsh and Jane Ann, née Benson. His father was a marine engineer for the Department of Public Works, and Ralph was raised and educated at Nambucca Heads, New South Wales. In 1926, at the age of 17 he became an apprentice boilermaker at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops. Career After completing his apprenticeship Marsh struggled to find work due to the Depression, but eventually gained work on the railways at West Narrabri. In 1940 he transferred to the railway workshops at Chullora in Sydney, becoming a delegate for the Boilermakers' Society of Australia The Boilermakers' Society of Australia was a trade union in Australia which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Williams (Australian Politician)
Samuel Connell Williams (1878 – 12 October 1962) was a Welsh-born Australian politician. He was born in Pontypridd to station master Connell Williams and Annie Williams. At a young age he worked in the Rhondda Valley coal mines before going to sea with the Royal Navy around 1902, eventually settling in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1909. He became a diver and mariner, and in 1918 married Olive Elizabeth Harland, with whom he had a daughter. In 1924 he came to Sydney with a dredge and was employed by the Maritime Services Board. Long involved in the Labor Party and the union movement, he was state secretary of the Dredge and Maritime Service Employees Association from 1939 to 1957. From 1943 to 1962 he was a Labor member of 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
