Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1940

	Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 1940–1943 Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council were mostly elected at the 1933 and 1936 elections. A further 15 were elected by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament in November 1939. The President President most commonly refers to: President (corporate title) President (education), a leader of a college or university President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television '' Præsident ... was Sir John Peden. See also * Mair ministry * First McKell ministry References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1940-1943 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 New South Wales, parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. Along with the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly, it sits at Parliament House, Sydney, 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 elections, 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 Colony of New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Frank Wall (Australian Politician) Frank Edgar Wall (6 October 1879 – 1 April 1941) was an Australian medical practitioner and politician. He was born in Randwick to customs agent George Wall and Sophia Jane Kidd. He attended Brighton College in Randwick, Sydney Grammar School, Newington College and the University of Edinburgh, where he qualified as a doctor in 1908. On 29 April 1907 he married Gertrude Morison Scott, with whom he had one son. He later married Elizabeth Mary Eleanor Saywell on 25 February 1936. In 1909 he settled in Burwood, and during World War I was registrar of Randwick Military Hospital. From 1917 to 1941 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, representing first the Nationalist Party and then the United Australia Party. Wall died in Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	McKell Ministry (1941–44) McKell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Iain McKell, English photographer Michael McKell (born 1959), English actor and singer/songwriter Mike McKell, American lawyer and politician William McKell GCMG (1891–1985), Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, 12th Governor-General of Australia See also Electoral district of McKell McKell was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1988, largely replacing the abolished district of Elizabeth. It was named after William McKell, former Premier of New South Wales ..., electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1988 {{surname de:McKell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mair–Bruxner Ministry The Mair–Bruxner ministry or Mair ministry was the 49th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 26th Premier, Alexander Mair, in a United Australia Party coalition with the Country Party, that was led by Michael Bruxner. The ministry was the only occasion when the Government was led by Mair, as Premier; and fourth and final occasion where Bruxner served as Deputy Premier. Mair was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1932 and served continuously until 1946. Having served as a junior minister in the third Stevens ministry and subsequently promoted, Stevens had resigned as Premier following the passing of a censure motion concerning Mair's proposal to cut government spending in order to restrain a growing deficit, with ten United Australia members crossing the floor to vote against the government. Eric Spooner had ambitions to replace Stevens as leader however Bruxner refused to join a coalition with him and Mair won the leadership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ernest Mitchell Ernest Meyer Mitchell (12 February 1875 – 21 April 1943) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to jeweller Philip Mitchell and Rosalie Brodziak. He attended Sydney Grammar School and then the University of Sydney, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1896 and a Bachelor of Law in 1900. He was called to the bar in 1900 and lectured at the university from 1907 to 1916. On 14 April 1915 he married Mable Daisy Black. He served with the 4th Machine Gun Battalion (Australia), 4th and 1st Machine Gun Battalion (Australia), 1st Machine Gun Battalions during World War I, being mentioned in despatches; he retired from the military in 1924 as a lieutenant colonel. He returned to his practice after the war as an expert on constitutional law, and was appointed King's Counsel in 1925. From 1934 to 1943 he was a United Australia Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Mitchell died in Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Neutral Bay in 1943. References 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]