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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 32nd parliament held their seats from 1938 to 1941. They were elected at the 1938 state election, and at by-elections. The Speaker was Reginald Weaver. See also * Third Stevens ministry * Mair ministry *Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election *Candidates of the 1938 New South Wales state election This is a list of candidates for the 1938 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 26 March 1938. Retiring members United Australia * John Ness (Dulwich Hill) Country * Ernest Buttenshaw ( Lachlan) * Hugh Main ( Temora) Indepe ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1938-1941 Members of New South Wales parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians ... [...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] |
1939 Balmain State By-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Balmain on 14 January 1939 following the death of John Quirk (). His widow Mary Quirk won the by-election. Results John Quirk () died. See also * Electoral results for the district of Balmain *List of New South Wales state by-elections This is a list of by-elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These are referred to as casual vacancies. *Brackets aro ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Balmain 1939 1939 elections in Australia New South Wales state by-elections 1930s in New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Arcy Rose
D'Arcy Rose (14 August 1888 – 17 August 1964) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1939 until 1959. He was a member of the Country Party. Life Rose was born in Ashfield, New South Wales. He was the son of a company director and as a young man he established seed and produce and real estate businesses on the Central Coast of New South Wales. He later owned a dairy farm in the Upper Hunter Valley. Rose was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Country Party member for the seat of Upper Hunter at the 1939 by-election caused by the death of the sitting Country Party member Malcolm Brown. He retained the seat at the next 6 elections and retired at the 1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ... elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Brown (Australian Politician)
Malcolm Brown (1 January 1881 – 29 August 1939) was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1931 to 1939, representing the electorate of Upper Hunter. Brown was born at Jerrys Plains, New South Wales, and educated at Jerrys Plains Public School. He worked as a farm and station hand after leaving school, and later in life was a mail contractor in the Western districts and a storekeeper and farmer at Jerrys Plains. He served as a councillor of the Patricks Plains Shire from 1926 until 1931, and was shire president in 1931, the year he was elected to parliament. The local MLA, Nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ... William Cameron, died in 1931, and Brown nominated to contest the by-election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Burke (Australian Politician)
Francis Michael Burke (27 March 1876 – 17 August 1949) was an Australian politician. Born at Tamworth to police officer Michael Burke (who would serve in the New South Wales Parliament from 1885 to 1887) and Catherine Agnes, ''née'' Leahy, he attended Crown Street Public School. After leaving school he held a variety of jobs including storeman, hotel manager and assistant on the staff of the ''Evening News''. In 1901 he married Ada May Frazer, with whom he had five children. He worked on the tramways until he was dismissed after involvement in a union-led 1908 strike; he formed a small business and from 1914 to 1918 worked as an inspector for the New South Wales Commodities Commission and the Commonwealth Price Commission. He also worked as a staff member for Clive Evatt, and was president of the Newtown branch of the Labor Party. As president of the Anti-Conscription Council, Burke was ardently opposed to conscription and in 1917 was elected to the New South Wales Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevens–Bruxner Ministry (1938–39)
The Stevens–Bruxner ministry (1938–1939) or Third Stevens–Bruxner ministry or Third Stevens ministry was the 48th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 25th Premier, Bertram Stevens, in a United Australia Party coalition with the Country Party, that was led by Michael Bruxner. The ministry was the third of three occasions when the Government was led by Stevens, as Premier; and third of four occasions where Bruxner served as Deputy Premier. Stevens was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1927 and served continuously until 1940. Having served as a senior minister in the Bavin ministry, following the defeat of the Nationalist coalition led by Bavin, who was in poor health, at the 1930 state election, Stevens was elected leader of the newly formed United Australia Party in New South Wales and became Leader of the Opposition. Bruxner was first elected to the Assembly in 1920 and served continuously until 1962. Initially a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Horsington
Edward Matthew Horsington (2 May 1878 – 23 July 1947) was an Australian politician. Biography He was born at Lower Alma, Timor, Victoria, to Julia, ''née'' Farrell, of Portarlington, Ireland, and farmer John Waygood Horsington, of Somerset, England.Copy of Victorian Birth Certificate 12264 / 1878, available from www.bdm.vic.gov.au John Waygood Horsington, his two sisters and their mother had survived the 1852 Ticonderoga fever-ship disaster, but John's father had been amongst the 100 who had been buried at sea, before the onshore makeshift quarantine ordeal when another 80 died. In Victoria, John had tried shoemaking in Brunswick, in partnership with his brother James, gold mining in the Maryborough area, and whilst farming at Lower Alma, floated a gold-mining company, the Horsington Freehold Claim, which was financially unsuccessful. Edward, known as "Ted", was John's eighth child, and Julia's fourth. While various references, including Who's Who in Australia 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mat Davidson
Charles Mark Anthony "Mat" Davidson (2 May 1869 – 9 January 1949) was an Australian politician. Early life Davidson was born in Sydney to James Davidson, a tailor from Edinburgh, and his wife Margaret. Davidson left school at 12 to begin an apprenticeship as a tailor, which he did not complete. After a short period working on a coastal vessel trading with the Pacific islands Davidson worked as a bushworker, shearer and tank sinker in the Monaro. He worked as miner from about 1888 to 1896 in Victoria, Broken Hill and Cobar. He lost an eye in a mining accident and became a tobacconist and barber in Cobar. He married Gertrude Mary Snape in July 1901 and they had three daughters and one son. Davidson was a foundation member of the Australian Workers' Union and helped to form a local branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association in Cobar. He was active in local politics, being a member of the Political Labor League, the District Hospital Board, the racing club, the School of Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Waverley State By-election
The 1939 Waverley state by-election was held on 22 April 1939 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Waverley because of the death of John Waddell (). Dates Result John Waddell () died. See also * Electoral results for the district of Waverley *List of New South Wales state by-elections This is a list of by-elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These are referred to as casual vacancies. *Brackets aro ... Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Waverley 1939 1939 elections in Australia New South Wales state by-elections 1930s in New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarrie Martin
Major Clarence Edward Martin (2 February 1900 – 5 September 1953) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1930 until 1932 and from 1939 until his death in 1953. He was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party (NSW), the Industrial Labor Party and the Labor Party (ALP). He was the Attorney General of New South Wales from 1941 until 1953 and also held the position of Minister for Transport for six months prior to his death. Early life Martin was born in Ballarat, Victoria and was the son of a miner. He was educated at state schools in Broken Hill, New South Wales and was orphaned at an early age. He initially worked in the Broken Hill mines but continued his education privately. At age 17 he moved to Sydney, underwent teacher training and taught in state schools in rural NSW while continuing part-time studies in economics at the University of Sydney. During the period he was out of parliament he studied law at the u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Waddell (politician)
John William Waddell (15 March 1891 – 15 March 1939) was an Australian politician. He was born at Singleton to Robert Waddell, Clerk of Petty Sessions, and Martha Ann, ''née'' Smith. He was educated at Maitland and then at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, before spending time on his uncle's station in Western Australia. In 1912 he joined the Queensland Insurance Company and became a manager at Launceston in Tasmania, before moving to Madras, India, in 1915. On 2 October 1920 he married Ella Wallingford, with whom he had two children. From 1920 to 1926 he was manager of the New India Assurance Company at Calcutta; he travelled around Europe before returning to Australia in 1927. Active in the All for Australia League, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1932 as the United Australia Party member for Waverley and served until his death in 1939. His uncle Thomas Waddell was also a member of Legislative Assembly and briefly Premier Premier is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Hurstville State By-election
The 1939 Hurstville state by-election was held on 18 March 1939 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Hurstville because of the death of James Webb (). Dates Result James Webb () died. See also * Electoral results for the district of Hurstville *List of New South Wales state by-elections This is a list of by-elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These are referred to as casual vacancies. *Brackets aro ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hurstville 1939 1939 elections in Australia New South Wales state by-elections 1930s in New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
