Joseph Henry Lewis "Harry" Turley (24 April 1859 – 5 June 1929) was an

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-born Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and an Australian Senator.

Early life

Harry Turley was born in

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on 24 April 1859. He was educated in England, after which he became a sailor. Having migrated to Australia in 1887, he became a waterside worker in

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, and was President of the Wharf Laborers' Union.

Politics

StateLibQld 1 193343 Senate elections card featuring three Labor members for Queensland including Thomas Givens, 1910

In 1893, Harry Turley was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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, serving as Home Secretary in

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's short-lived Labor Government in 1899. In 1902 he left the Assembly, and in 1903 was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland. On 1 July 1910, he was appointed President of the Senate, a position he held until 8 July 1913. He remained a Senator until his defeat in 1917.

Later life

After leaving politics, Turley became a shipping master with the Queensland Harbours and Rivers Department. Turley died in 1929 and was buried in

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.Turley, Henry
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

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Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian Senate for Queensland Members of the Australian Senate Australian waterside workers 1859 births 1929 deaths Burials in South Brisbane Cemetery 20th-century Australian politicians English emigrants to colonial Australia {{Australia-Labor-senator-stub