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Members Of The South Australian Legislative Council, 1924–1927
This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1924 to 1927 : The two MLCs for Northern District in the previous parliament whose terms were not due to expire until 1927, Sir John George Bice and John Lewis, both of the Liberal Federation, had both died in the second half of 1923. Their seats were filled simultaneously with the 1924 elections for the other class of seats, with four members instead of the usual two being elected, and the third and fourth-placed candidates, William George Mills and Percy Blesing Albert Percy Blesing (9 September 1879 – 2 March 1949) was a farmer and politician from South Australia who served as Minister for Agriculture (1933–1944), for Local Government (1933–1938) and for Afforestation (1938–1944). He was a fou ..., being elected for a half-term. ReferencesParliament of South Australia — Statistical Record of the Legislature {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1924-192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. The upper house has 22 members elected for eight-year terms by proportional representation, with 11 members facing re-election every four years. It is elected in a similar manner to its federal counterpart, the Australian Senate. Casual vacancies—where a member resigns or dies—are filled by a joint sitting of both houses, who then elect a replacement. History Advisory council At the founding of the Province of South Australia under the ''South Australia Act 1834'', governance of the new colony was divided between the Governor of South Australia and a Resident Commissioner, who reported to a new body known as the ''South Australian Colonization Commission''. Under this arrangement, there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas McCallum
Thomas McCallum (17 March 1860 – 20 April 1938) was a politician in South Australia. History McCallum was born at Langhorne's Creek a son of John McCallum of "Ballindown", and was educated at Glenelg Grammar School for a year, then under a private tutor at McGrath's Flat. He lived in the Meningie district since childhood, and his holding at McGraths Flat was one of the biggest in the district, with a frontage along the Coorong, carrying 6,000 sheep and many cattle. He was in 1888 elected a foundation member of the District Council of Meningie The District Council of Meningie was a local government area in the colony and then the Australian state of South Australia that existed from 1888 to 1997 on land in the state’s south-east. It was proclaimed on 5 January 1888 under the ''Di ..., and was associated with the council ever since, and for many years was chairman. He joined the Liberal Union when it was formed around 1912, and was in 1920 selected to stand for the So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Register (Adelaide)
''The Register'', originally the ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'', and later ''South Australian Register,'' was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1836, moved to Adelaide in 1837, and folded into '' The Advertiser'' almost a century later in February 1931. The newspaper was the sole primary source for almost all information about the settlement and early history of South Australia. It documented shipping schedules, legal history and court records at a time when official records were not kept. According to the National Library of Australia, its pages contain "one hundred years of births, deaths, marriages, crime, building history, the establishment of towns and businesses, political and social comment". All issues are freely available online, via Trove. History ''The Register'' was conceived by Robert Thomas, a law stationer, who had purchased for his family of land in the proposed South Australian province after be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lewis (Australian Politician)
John Lewis (12 February 1844 – 25 August 1923) was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1898 to 1923, representing the Northern District (1898-1902) and North-Eastern District (1902-1923). He was the father of Essington Lewis. History Lewis was born in Brighton, South Australia, the son of James Lewis, who had been a member of the original party, under William Light, which surveyed the City of Adelaide, and had accompanied Charles Sturt on his 1844 expedition down the Murray. He left school at the age of twelve to work on his father's farm at Richmond, leaving him two years later to work as a sheep drover and other occupations.Walsh, Kay & Wooton, Joy W. ''Australian Autobiographical Narratives: Vol 2; 1850-1900'' National Library of Australia, 1998 From 1867 to 1885 he was employed as Liston, Shakes and Co.'s agent in Burra. In 1871 he made a trip to the Northern Territory with his brother James to secur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John George Bice
Sir John George Bice (24 June 1853 – 9 November 1923) was a blacksmith and politician in the colony and State of South Australia. History Bice was born in Callington, Cornwall, the son of Samuel Sandoe Bice (died 1903), a mining captain who was brought out to South Australia in 1864 to work for the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company, and for whom he worked for more than 50 years. Young John began his working life in the Moonta mines, improving his education at night school. He was soon indentured as a blacksmith's apprentice, and qualified as a tradesman. In 1876 he took over a machinist's business at Wilmington (then called "Beautiful Valley") owned by the Trewenack brothers of Port Augusta. In 1880 he and W. H. Trewenack took over John Trewenack's blacksmith and wheelwright's business in Port Augusta and prospered. Politics Bice was for eight years a member of the Corporate Town of Port Augusta council, and was mayor from 1888 to 1889. In 1894 he was elected to represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Tassie
Henry Tassie (8 June 1863 – 26 October 1945) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1918 to 1938, representing Central District No. 2 for three successive conservative parties: the Liberal Union, Liberal Federation and Liberal and Country League. He was Chief Secretary, Minister of Mines and Minister of Marine from 1927 to 1930 in the government of Richard Layton Butler. History He was born in 1863, a son of Robert Stewart Tassie (ca.1831 – 1 January 1905) of South Terrace, Adelaide. His father had emigrated from Scotland in 1854. Henry was educated at W. S. Moore's Pulteney Street School and there won a scholarship to St. Peter's College, Adelaide. He served for three years with the Adelaide firm of W. & J. Storrie, then with D. M. Peek of Balaklava. In 1895 he started with a firm of stockbrokers, then started on his own accountBurgess, H. T. (ed.) ''The Cyclopedia of South Australia: An Historical and Commercial Revie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancelot Stirling
Sir John Lancelot Stirling, (5 November 1849 – 24 May 1932), generally known as Sir Lancelot Stirling, was an Australian politician and grazier. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1881 to 1887, representing Mount Barker, and 1888 to 1890, representing Gumeracha. He was then a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1891 to 1932, representing the Southern District. He was President of the Legislative Council from 1901 to 1932 and was Chief Secretary in the seven-day Solomon Ministry of 1899. Early life Stirling was born at Strathalbyn, South Australia, the son of Edward Stirling (1804–1873) and his wife Harriett, ''née'' Taylor and brother of Sir Edward Charles Stirling. His father was the illegitimate child of a Scottish planter in Jamaica and an unknown woman of colour. Stirling was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. and LL.B Stirling was a good athlete and, repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ritchie (politician)
Sir George Ritchie KCMG (14 December 1864 – 7 August 1944) was a South Australian politician. During his parliamentary career he held every ministerial position and was a minister in both Houses, a feat rarely equalled. History Ritchie was the third son of Captain James Ritchie (1832 – 23 April 1881) and his wife Alison (12 August 1829 – 20 February 1913). Captain James Ritchie, and five others left Scotland for Australia in the early 1850s sailing the ''Lioness'', a 75-ton River Mersey steamer for Captain Cadell, then became a shipowner trading on the River Murray and Murrumbidgee, when his name was as familiar as those of William Randell and Cadell. One of his feats was to captain the ''Gundagai'', a river boat of 129 feet length, to New Zealand with gold to finance the Maori war. Ritchie was born at Goolwa in 1864, was educated at the Echuca Grammar School, and after four years' apprenticeship with a draper, joined his father on the river. In 1884, two years aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Prosser
George Henry Prosser (ca.1867 – 22 August 1941) was a businessman and politician in South Australia. History George Prosser was born at Gawler River and was a student at the Grote Street school. He was a member of the Adelaide City Council for 27 years, and an alderman in 1933. He was mayor of the Town of Kensington and Norwood from 1907 to 1912. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and served as president. He was a director of Wallaroo-Mount Lyell Fertilisers Ltd. and chairman 1931–1933. He was also on the board of Adelaide Cement and Wilkinson & Co., Ltd, Elder's Trustee and Executor Co. Ltd. He was a member of the Legislative Council for Central District No. 2 from 1921 to 1933. He was captain of the Marryatville Bowling Club. Family On 29 November 1893 he married Emalia Rosa "Emily" Robinson in November 1893. They had two daughters: *Gladys Prosser (30 October 1894 – ) married Charles Ashley Foale (1884–1938) on 6 June 1917. Gladys was an accomplished sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Pascoe (politician)
Thomas Pascoe (23 June 1859 – 23 February 1939) was a wheat grower and politician in South Australia. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1900 to 1933, representing the North-Eastern District and its successor the Midland District. He was a minister in the governments of Archibald Peake and Henry Barwell, holding responsibilities for agriculture, education and mining, and eventually being promoted to Chief Secretary in the last months of the Barwell government. History Pascoe was born at White Hut (part of the locality of Stanley Flat since 2001), near Clare, the second son of Thomas Pascoe, Sr. (1836 – 1 March 1918) and his wife Fanny Pascoe, née Roach. His father, who arrived in South Australia on the ''Abberton'' from Crowan, Cornwall in 1848 with his parents and siblings, worked at the Burra mines, married at Penwortham in 1852, made several valuable finds at the Forest Creek gold diggings and established Angle Farm at White Hut and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Morrow (South Australian Politician)
William Morrow (15 September 1872 – 3 July 1934) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1915 to 1934, representing three successive conservative parties, the Liberal Union (Australia), Liberal Union, Liberal Federation and Liberal and Country League. History William Morrow was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria in 1872, and had early experience as a "printer's devil" and machine operator. He moved to Queensland, where he learned the craft of a tailor, then moved to Port Pirie, South Australia in 1891, entering into partnership as tailors and outfitters on Alexander Street with William J. Paull, whom he bought out 12 months later. In 1899 he built new premises at the corner of Ellen and David streets, where the Commonwealth Bank and other businesses were later situated. He sold his business to H. W. "Bert" Overland and left Port Pirie in 1915. Politics Morrow was elected councillor for North Ward of the City of Port Pirie, Corpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William George Mills
William George James Mills (7 September 1859 – 20 September 1933), generally referred to as W. G. Mills, was a sheep breeder and politician in South Australia. History William was born at "Millbrae", Native Valley, near Nairne, South Australia, the son of Richard Mills the younger (1840–1870). He was educated at Nairne public school and Rev. A. Law's grammar school at Mount Barker. He gained experience as a jackaroo for Robert Browne, manager of Winnininnie Station in the north of the State. He took over his father's farm around 1880 and continued breeding Merino sheep with some success, purchasing valuable rams from Alick J. Murray, and expanded the farm from , including "Bondleigh" farm, later held by his eldest son, W. Champion Mills. In 1928 he took on his son Alec Mills as partner in "Millbrae". He purchased another property, in the Adelaide Hills, which he named "Sturtbrae", which was later subdivided as Bellevue Heights by his daughters Margaret and May. Politics H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
