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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1922–1925
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1922 to 1925 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the election on 25 March 1922 and the election on 30 May 1925. 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 Fred Flowers. See also * Second Fuller Ministry Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1922-1925 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] |
Francis Stewart Boyce
Francis Stewart Boyce (26 June 1872 – 27 June 1940) was an Australian politician and judge. He was born in Rockley to Francis Bertie Boyce and Caroline Stewart. He attended The King's School in Parramatta, Sydney Grammar School and then Rugby School in England, before studying at the University of Sydney. He qualified with a Bachelor of Arts in 1893 and a Bachelor of Law in 1896, being called to the bar the following year. In 1901 he married Norah Glasson, with whom he had five children. He was an acting judge on the District Court in 1916. In 1923 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Nationalist. He took silk in 1924, the year in which he was appointed a minister without portfolio in the government. He held that position until 1925, and from 1927 to 1930 served as Attorney-General and Vice-President of the Executive Council. He resigned from the Council in 1932 to take up an appointment as a judge in divorce on the New South Wales Supreme Co ... [...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] |
Jack Power (politician)
John Maurice Power (15 December 1883 – 13 January 1925) was an Australian trade unionist and politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was appointed to the Senate to fill a casual vacancy in 1924, after previously serving as mayor of Paddington (1917–1918), ALP state president (1921–1923), and on the New South Wales Legislative Council (1921–1924). However, he died two months after his appointment at the age of 41, without taking his seat in parliament. Early life Power was born on 15 December 1883 in South Hay, New South Wales. He was the fifth child of Irish immigrant parents Maria (née Toohey) and John Maurice Power. The family relocated to Sydney during his childhood. Power held a variety of occupations before embarking on a full-time political career. He worked variously as a drayman, farmhand, pastrycook, taxi driver and tobacconist. He was president of the Pastrycooks' Union and was commissioned as a justice of the peace in 1913. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gannon (politician)
James Conley Gannon (11 October 1859 – 30 September 1924) was an Australian politician. He was born in Tempe to coach proprietor Robert Gannon and Agnes Conley. He received a public education before becoming a clerk, first in the library and then the Colonial Secretary's department. From 1885 he studied law, and on 12 March 1887 he was called to the bar and worked mostly in criminal law. On 18 January 1889 he married Florence Elsie May Jackson, with whom he had two children. As a barrister he worked mostly in criminal and divorce law. In 1904 he was appointed Attorney General in the Waddell government and appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council. He served in this post from June to August, when the Waddell government was defeated. Gannon remained in the Council until his death. He returned to practice as a barrister and was appointed King's Counsel on 2 March 1910. Gannon died from pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Coghlan
Cecil Aubrey Coghlan (1878 – 26 August 1924) was an Australian politician. He was born in Redfern, New South Wales, Redfern to builder Thomas Coghlan and Dora Jordan. He attended Sydney Grammar School and was then a solicitor's clerk, working for John McLaughlin (Australian politician), John McLaughlin. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1900 and eventually ran a substantial industrial practice. He married Ellen Grant around 1903; they had three children. In 1921 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor member, serving until his death at Darling Point, New South Wales, Darling Point in 1924. He was the brother of Timothy Coghlan, Sir Timothy Coghlan, government statistician and Agent-General, and Iza Coghlan, a medical doctor. References 1878 births 1924 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council People educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
