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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1970–1973
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1970 and 1973 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 12 March 1970, with the term of new members commencing on 23 April 1970. The President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ... was Sir Harry Budd. References See also * Third Askin ministry * Fourth Askin ministry * Fifth Askin ministry {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1970-1973 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] |
Hubert O'Connell
Hubert David O'Connell (12 April 1906 – 18 December 1971) was an Australian politician. Born in Harden to publican John O'Connell and Johanna Leahy, O'Connell was educated at Harden and Goulburn before studying pharmacy at the University of Sydney. He worked as a pharmacist in Maroubra from 1930 to 1967 and also owned property at Goulburn. He served on Randwick Council from 1941 to 1944. On 18 June 1958 he married Merle Knight, with whom he had a son. Originally a member of the Nationalist Party and its successor the United Australia Party, he stood for elections as an Independent Labor candidate in 1943, as a Liberal in 1950 and 1954 and as an Independent in 1955. When he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1967 he joined the Independent Labor Group The Independent Labor Group was a minor Australian political grouping in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1959 to 1977. The group emerged when a number of Labor Party MLCs were expelled f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askin–Cutler Ministry (1973)
The Askin–Cutler ministry (1973) or Fifth Askin ministry was the 66th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 32nd Premier, Sir Robert Askin, of the Liberal Party in coalition with the Country Party, led by Sir Charles Cutler. It was the fifth of six occasions when Askin was Premier and when Cutler was Deputy Premier. Background Askin was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1950 and served continuously until 1975, representing variously the seats of Collaroy and Pittwater. Rising through the Liberal Party ranks, Askin served as Deputy Leader from 1954 until he was elected Leader of the NSW Liberal Party and Leader of the NSW Opposition, following the defeat of the Morton/ Hughes–led coalition by Cahill's Labor at the 1959 election. Cutler was elected to the NSW Legislative Assembly in 1947 and served continuously until 1975, representing the seat of Orange. Elected Deputy Leader of the Country Party in 1958 and, like Askin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askin–Cutler Ministry (1971–73)
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Askin–Cutler ministry may refer to several periods of New South Wales government: *Askin–Cutler ministry (1965–1968) *Askin–Cutler ministry (1968–1969) *Askin–Cutler ministry (1969–1971) *Askin–Cutler ministry (1971–1973) *Askin–Cutler ministry (1973) *Askin–Cutler ministry (1973–1975) The Askin–Cutler ministry (1973–1975) or Sixth Askin ministry was the 67th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 32nd Premier, Sir Robert Askin, of the Liberal Party in coalition with the Country Party, led by Sir C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askin–Cutler Ministry (1969–71)
*Askin–Cutler ministry (1973–1975)
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Askin–Cutler ministry may refer to several periods of New South Wales government: *Askin–Cutler ministry (1965–1968) *Askin–Cutler ministry (1968–1969) *Askin–Cutler ministry (1969–1971) *Askin–Cutler ministry (1971–1973) *Askin–Cutler ministry (1973) The Askin–Cutler ministry (1973) or Fifth Askin ministry was the 66th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 32nd Premier, Sir Robert Askin, of the Liberal Party in coalition with the Country Party, led by Sir Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holt (Australian Politician)
Walter John Holt QC (7 May 1929 – 9 March 2012) was an Australian politician and judge. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1972 to 1984, and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House from 1976 to 1977. Holt was born in Sydney, the son of Henry Thomas Eulert Holt QC, a judge of the District Court of New South Wales, and Gladys Amelia Withycombe. He was educated at Barker College in Hornsby from 1938 to 1944 and at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Law in 1952. In 1948 he joined the Liberal Party. An RAAF reserve, he was a pilot officer with the Sydney University Squadron in 1952, and was called to the bar in 1954. In 1959, he was elected to Woollahra Council; he was deputy mayor in 1963 and served until 1965. He married Eleanor Fell in 1960, with whom he had three children, Phoebe, Henry and Patrick. He was president of the Liberal Party's Edgecliff branch in 1962, and directed the campaig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perceval Shipton
Perceval Martin Maurice Shipton (17 June 1906 – 11 August 1972) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at Teignmouth in Devon to Royal Navy commander John Perceval Shipton and Helen Hale. He moved to Australia at a young age and attended The King's School in Parramatta. He worked as a woolclasser before purchasing a dairy farm at Milton. During World War II he served in the AIF, attaining the rank of corporal. He owned additional property in England, and was active in the surf lifesaving community, with a long membership of the Surf Life Saving Association. He was the first rural member of the executive and a founder of the Mollymook Surf Club. A member of the Liberal Party, he served on the state executive from 1954 to 1970 and was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1964 to 1972. Shipton died in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Humphries
Edward Harris Humphries (25 September 1914 – 27 January 1994) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1971, representing the seat of Gosford. He subsequently represented the party in 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 ... from 1972 to 1978. He is the grandfather of political satirist, Mark Humphries. Notes Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Central Coast (New South Wales) 1914 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Maloney (politician)
James Joseph Maloney (26 June 1901This date is according to the website of the Parliament of NSW. The ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' says he was born on 28 July 1901 – 28 January 1982) was an Australian Labor politician and diplomat. Early life and career He was born in Goulburn to baker James Moloney and Mary Ann Pickels. He was educated locally and became a messenger boy, subsequently moving to Sydney to become a bootmaker. On 19 April 1924 he married Emily Dent, with whom he had four children. He had joined the Labor Party and the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation in 1915; he was New South Wales secretary of the union from 1932 to 1943, federal president from 1936 to 1940 and federal secretary from 1940 to 1943. He was also a delegate to the Trades and Labor Council from 1927 to 1943, an executive member from 1930 to 1943, and president from 1940 to 1943. Political and diplomatic career From 1941 to 1972 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Duncan
Frederick Norman Duncan (24 May 1913 – 19 April 1986) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1972 to 1984. Duncan was born in Balmain. He was educated at Malvern College in Hunters Hill and then at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. After leaving school he studied accountancy at Ultimo Technical College and became a trainee clerk with the Perpetual Trustee Company. He rose within the business world to become managing director of Duncan's Holdings Ltd Group, and founded the Australian Board of Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group and the Melbourne Australian Development Corporation Group. Duncan joined the Liberal Party on 13 December 1973. Duncan was elected 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 Legisl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ducker
John Patrick Ducker AO (29 March 1932 – 25 November 2005), Australian labour leader and politician, played a leading role in the Australian labour movement and the Labor Party for 20 years. Background Ducker was born in Kingston upon Hull, in northern England, the son of a bus driver, and worked on the docks from the age of 14. He migrated to Australia with his family in 1950, and became an ironworker and active in the Federated Ironworkers Association, at that time controlled by the Communist Party of Australia. Ducker, a convert to Catholicism, was a strong anti-Communist and became a supporter of B.A. Santamaria's Industrial Groups, which campaigned successfully to overturn the Communist control of the union. Career From 1952, Ducker was an official of the union under the new anti-Communist leader, Laurie Short (a non-Catholic). When the Labor Party split in 1955 over the related issues of Communism and the role of Santamaria's "Movement" within the party, Ducker did n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Downing
Robert Reginald Downing, (6 November 1904 – 9 September 1994) was an Australian lawyer, textile worker, union organiser and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Labor Party for 31 years from 1940 to 1972 and also served as the Attorney General, Minister for Justice and Vice-President of the Executive Council from 1941 to 1965. Early years and background Robert Reginald Downing was born in the New South Wales town of Tumut in 1904, the son of council worker Robert Downing and Frances Jean Galvin. The cousin of former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Tumut, Thomas O'Mara as well as future NSW Attorneys General, Bill Sheahan and Terry Sheahan, Downing's younger brother, Francis George Downing, would also join the NSW Parliament as an MP for Ryde. Initially educated at the Tumut convent school and St Patrick's College, Goulburn, Downing left school at age 15 and worked to support his family. Later moving to Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
