Edwin Gordon Blackmore
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Edwin Gordon Blackmore (1837–1909), was Clerk of the Legislative Council and Clerk of Parliaments of the colony of
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
. Blackmore was educated at King Edward VI. Grammar School, Bath,
Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...
. He served with the Taranaki Rifle Volunteers in the New Zealand war from 1863 to 1864, and was present, in reserve, at the action of Poatoko, on 2 October 1863, and at the storming and capture of the rebel Maori strongholds at Ahuahu and Kaitake in March 1864. For these services Mr. Blackmore received the New Zealand medal. He was appointed Parliamentary Librarian to the Legislature of South Australia in Oct. 1864; Clerk Assistant and Sergeant-at-arms, House of Assembly, in Dec. 1869; Clerk of the House of Assembly in May 1886; Clerk of the Legislative Council and Clerk of Parliaments in May 1887. He also acted as Clerk of the 1897-1898 Australian Federal Convention, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the New Year Honours List 1901, ''in recognition of services in connection with the Federation of Australian Colonies and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia'' He was
Clerk of the Australian Senate The Clerk of the Australian Senate is the head of the Parliamentary Department of the Senate, which is the parliamentary department supporting the work of the Australian Senate. The Clerk is responsible to the President of the Senate who in turn ...
and Clerk of the Parliaments from 1901 until 1908. He was a prominent member of the Adelaide Hunt Club and Master of Fox Hounds for the years 1870 and 1885. He was the father of the early Australian rules football player, Lewis Blackmore.


Works

* ''The Decisions of Mr. Speaker Denison on Points of Order, Rules of Debate, and the General Practice of the House of Commons from 1857 to 1872'' * ''The Decisions of Mr. Speaker Brand from 1872 to 1884'' * ''The Decisions of Mr. Speaker Peel from 1884 to 1886, and 1887 to 1889'' * ''Manual of the Practice, Procedure, and Usage of the House of Assembly of South Australia''


References

1837 births 1909 deaths People from Bath, Somerset Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George English emigrants to Australia British colonial army soldiers 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub 19th-century Australian public servants