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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1955–1958
Members 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. Both sit at Parliament House in th ... between 1952 and 1955 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 26 November 1954, with the term of new members commencing on 23 April 1955. The President was William Dickson. See also * Second Cahill ministry * Third Cahill ministry References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1955-1958 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] |
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] |
Cahill Ministry (1956–59)
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Cahill ministry may refer to: * Cahill ministry (1952–1953) * Cahill ministry (1953–1956) * Cahill ministry (1956–1959) * 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahill Ministry (1953–56)
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Cahill ministry may refer to: * Cahill ministry (1952–1953) * Cahill ministry (1953–1956) * Cahill ministry (1956–1959) * 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Dougherty (union Official)
Tom Nicholson Pearce Dougherty (2 March 1902 – 14 October 1972), was an Australian trade union official and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. As National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) from 1944 to 1972, he was one of the most powerful figures in the Australian labor movement and the Labor Party. Biography Dougherty was born in Bollon, Queensland, the son of a telegraph linesman and a schoolteacher. He left school at 13 and worked in a variety of manual jobs in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian territory of Papua New Guinea. In 1924 he married Ruby McArthur: they had three children. After his wife's death he married again, in 1951, and again in 1959. In 1932 Dougherty became an organiser for the AWU in Mackay, Queensland. He became the union's northern district secretary in 1938 and Queensland branch president in 1943. This position gave him a position on the central executive of the Queensland branch of the Labor Party. Doug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stewart (New South Wales Labor Politician)
John Stewart (1876 – 8 April 1957) was an Australian politician. Born in Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland to farmer John Stewart and Barbara Thomson, he arrived in Australia in 1912, taking up work as an electrician. He married Blanche Ogillvie Macfarlane, with whom he had four sons. He became an organiser with the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) in 1931 and was also a member of the Labor Party's Socialisation Committee from 1931 to 1933. He was secretary of the ETU from 1939 to 1941 and secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party from 1941 to 1950. He 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 Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th ... in 1941. In 1948 he was a delegate to the United Nations conference in Paris, and he was sent on a visit to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Sutherland (politician)
Gavin Hamilton Sutherland (15 February 1893 – 17 August 1970) was an Australian politician. He was born in The Rocks to seaman and unionist William James Sutherland and schoolteacher Clara Dwyer. He attended St Patricks's Marist Brothers school in Church Hill before becoming a clerk in the Postmaster General's Department in 1911. He was a member of the Letter Carriers' Union and then the Ironworkers' Union before joining the Australian Workers' Union in 1918. On 1 May 1926 he married Sushanna Slatter. A Labor Party member from 1909, he served on the central executive from 1917 to 1921, 1926 to 1927 and 1931 to 1932, and on the federal executive from 1918 to 1920. In the 1930s he was associated with the federal Labor wing of the party, which supported Prime Minister James Scullin over Premier Jack Lang. From 1956 to 1970 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, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fallon (politician)
Peter Fallon (23 February 1881 – 9 February 1956) was an Australian politician. He was born in Tamworth to brickmaker Joseph Patrick Fallon and Mary Ann Riley. He was a tailor, and was involved in the foundation of the Tailors' Union, serving as president in 1904. On 11 April 1910 he married Agnes Roche, with whom he had four children. He was state secretary of the Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union from 1923 to 1955. From 1952 to 1956 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. Both sit at Parliament House in th .... He died at St Leonards in 1956. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fallon, Peter 1881 births 1956 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Love (politician)
Christopher Augustine Love (22 November 1884 – 7 April 1970) was an Australian politician. He was born at Port Victoria, South Australia, to storekeeper William Love and Mary Ryan. He was educated in Melbourne and later moved to Sydney with his parents, becoming a French polisher. On 17 October 1918 he married Alice Ruth Knight, with whom he had five daughters. He had joined the Labor Party in 1912 and was secretary of its Enmore branch. He worked as a case maker at Glebe and Marrickville, and during World War II worked at the small arms factory in Lithgow. From 1955 to 1970 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. Both sit at Parliament House in th .... He died at Waverley in 1970. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Love, Christopher 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Armstrong (Australian Politician)
Thomas Armstrong (26 December 1885 – 13 June 1955) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Durham, the son of miner Thomas Armstrong. He arrived in Australia around 1887 and attended school at Wickham, later joining a colliery firm as a junior clerk. On 2 December 1908 he married Anice Pepper, with whom he had three children. He was a Wickham alderman from 1917 to 1920, serving as mayor in 1919, and eventually rose to the position of general manager of his firm. From 1935 to 1955 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, first for the United Australia Party and then for the Liberal Party. Armstrong died in Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ... in 1955. References 1885 births 1955 deaths United Australia Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Parliament
The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Each house is directly elected by the people of New South Wales at elections held approximately every four years. The Parliament derives its authority from the King of Australia, King Charles III, represented by the Governor of New South Wales, who chairs the Executive Council. The parliament shares law making powers with the Australian Federal (or Commonwealth) Parliament. The New South Wales Parliament follows Westminster parliamentary traditions of dress, Green–Red chamber colours and protocols. It is located in Parliament House on Macquarie Street, Sydney. History The Parliament of New South Wales was the first of the Australian colonial legislatures, with its formation in the 1850s. At the time, New South Wales was a British colony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan McNamara
Alan William McNamara (29 December 1900 – 5 May 1955) was an Australian politician. He was born in Parramatta to army officer Michael McNamara and Matilda Stella Lawson. He was involved in the organisation of the United Labourers' Union, serving as its general secretary and state president. On 28 February 1942 he married May Doreen Post; they had two sons. 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. Both sit at Parliament House in th ... from 1931 to 1934 and from 1937 until his death at Eastwood in 1955. References {{DEFAULTSORT:McNamara, Alan 1900 births 1955 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
