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Peter Dunn (Australian Politician)
Henry Peter Kestel Dunn (11 September 1935) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1982 to 1997. From 1994 to 1997 he was President of the Council. He is not closely related to the old Dunn family of South Australia which included the miller John Dunn who founded Mount Barker, John Dunn Jr. MHA, William Henry Dunn MHA, William Paltridge MHA, Herbert Charles Dunn MHA, agriculturist Charles Dunn (1796–1881) who founded Charleston, South Australia Charleston is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is situated on the Onkaparinga Valley Road between Woodside and Mount Torrens, on the main route from the Adelaide Hills to the Barossa Valley, and 3km south-east of Lobe ..., the Rev. William Arthur Dunn, president of Prince Alfred College, architect Hedley Allen Dunn, and embezzler and arsonist Alfred Henry Dunn (c. 1845–1904). References 1935 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Australia (South Australian Division)
The Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), commonly known as the South Australian Liberals, is the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. It was formed as the Liberal and Country League (LCL) in 1932 and became the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party when the Liberal Party was formed in 1945. It retained its Liberal and Country League name before changing to its current name in 1974. It is one of two major parties in the bicameral Parliament of South Australia, the other being the Australian Labor Party (SA Branch). The party has been led by Leader of the Opposition David Speirs since the 2022 state election after a one-term government. During its 42-year existence as the Liberal and Country League, it spent 34 years in government, mainly due to an electoral malapportionment scheme known as the Playmander. The Playmander was named after LCL leader Sir Tom Playford, who was the Premier of South Australia for 27 years from 1938 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Arthur Dunn
William Arthur Dunn (11 March 1875 – 30 October 1947) was a prominent Methodist clergyman in the colony and State of South Australia. He was president of the Methodist Conference in 1929 and president of Prince Alfred College 1930. History William was born at Charleston, South Australia, the younger son of Charles Dunn Jr. JP (1841–1921) by his second wife Annie, née Kelly, (c. 1846–1881) who married on 2 April 1874. His was educated at Prince Alfred College and began training as a Methodist minister in 1896 under Rev. Joseph Berry. He served as probationer at Salisbury Primitive Methodist 1896–1898 and Prospect 1898–1900, and was ordained at Kent Town in 1900. He then served at Hallett 1900–1903, Wallaroo Mines (Kadina) 1903–1906, Port Adelaide 1906–1909, East Adelaide 1910–1914, Kapunda 1914–1918 (he was so popular all the other Kapunda churches cancelled their services on the night of his farewell so their congregations might attend), Broken Hill 1918– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The South Australian Legislative Council
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Liberal Party Of Australia Members Of The Parliament Of South Australia
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Living People
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1935 Births
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Irwin
James Campbell "Jamie" Irwin (16 April 1937 – 4 November 2005) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the 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 Parli ... from 1985 to 2002. From 1997 to 2002 he was President of the Council. References 1937 births 2005 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia Members of the South Australian Legislative Council Presidents of the South Australian Legislative Council Place of birth missing 20th-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Bruce (politician)
Gordon Lindsay Bruce (9 May 1930 – 9 January 1995) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the 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 Parli ... from 1979 to 1993. From 1989 to 1993 he was President of the Council. References 1930 births 1995 deaths Members of the South Australian Legislative Council Place of birth missing Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia 20th-century Australian politicians Presidents of the South Australian Legislative Council {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedley Allen Dunn
Hedley Allen Dunn (27 October 1865 – 5 June 1942) was a South Australian architect, a member of the prominent Dunn family of Mount Barker. His work included the flour mill at Port Adelaide for his father and grandfather in 1886, and the Stock Exchange Building (now the Science Exchange) on McHenry Street, off Grenfell Street, Adelaide, in 1900. History Hedley was born in North Adelaide and was schooled at Prince Alfred College for several years before attending The Leys School, a Methodist boys' school in Cambridge, England with his brother Frederick. He returned to Australia in 1881 and studied architecture with fellow students Frank H. Counsell and Alfred M. Bonython; examiners included E. Davies and E. J. Woods. He found employment with Ellerker and Kilburn of Melbourne, then Oakden, Addison and Kemp for whom he travelled to Auckland, New Zealand to design a health retreat at the hot springs in Waiwera. He worked for a time in Brisbane, then returned to Adelaide, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston, South Australia
Charleston is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is situated on the Onkaparinga Valley Road between Woodside and Mount Torrens, on the main route from the Adelaide Hills to the Barossa Valley, and 3km south-east of Lobethal. Charleston is very close to the source of the River Onkaparinga. The town was laid out in 1857 by Charles Dunn (1796–1881), a brother of the prominent miller John Dunn, in a subdivision of section 5197, Hundred of Onkaparinga, and may have been originally named "Charlestown", but the current spelling has always been more common in newspaper reports Most of the local businesses are on the Onkaparinga Valley Road, while the largest number of houses are on Newman Road. Charleston is served by a community postal agency called the Bookpost which is also a bookshop, internet cafe and General Store. Next to The Bookpost is the ''Charleston Hotel'' which received national attention as one of the main props in a car advertisement, based ... [...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] |
Herbert Charles Dunn
Herbert Charles Dunn (6 March 1883 – 11 September 1952) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Stirling from 1938 to 1952. He was an independent until 1940 when he joined the Liberal and Country League. Dunn was born at Woodchester and attended the Woodchester and Strathalbyn public schools. He was a farmer in the Finniss district before entering politics, later retiring to Strathalbyn. He was a District Council of Strathalbyn councillor and its chairman for over a decade prior to his election to parliament, was a Justice of the Peace, and served on the committee of the Strathalbyn Agricultural Society. He was elected to the House of Assembly as an independent at the 1938 election, defeating long serving Liberal and Country League MP Percy Heggaton. He was one of 14 out of 39 lower house independent MPs at that election, which as a grouping won 40 percent of the primary vote, more than either of the major parties. Dunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
