Robert Arthur McCartney (7 September 1906 – 19 July 1978) was an
Australian
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politician who represented the
Electoral district of Hamilton for the
Labor Party from 1959 until 1971.
Early life
McCartney was born to parents Robert McCartney snr. and Elizabeth Hunter. McCartney immigrated to
Australia in 1921 to
New South Wales
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with his family. His father was killed in the battle of the
Battle of the Somme in
World War I
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McCartney served in the
Royal Australian Air Force
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from 1941 to 1946. He was on active reserve until 1956. On 12 April 1930, he married Emma Bird, with whom he had one daughter.
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Political career
McCartney joined the Tempe branch of the Labor Party in 1930. He founded the Jesmond
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branch in 1938, becoming senior vice president. He was delegate to state conference and council, secretary of Hunter federal electorate council. He won Labor preselection defeating the incumbent member George Campbell for the safe Labor seat of Hamilton to contest the 1959 New South Wales State election. He won and subsequently won the succeeding 1962, 1965, and 1968 elections. He did not contest the 1971 election where Hamilton was abolished and replaced by Charlestown.
Other
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References
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1906 births
Year of death missing
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II