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Alfred Reid (Australian Politician)
Alfred Albert Edward Ernest Theodore Muswellbrooke Orlando Vassa Reid (1867 – 5 August 1945), nicknamed Alphabet Reid, was an Australian politician. He was born in Penrith to Michael and Ann Clara Reid. He became a baker, and in 1898 married Mary Ann Robertson. He served on Penrith Municipal Council from 1895 to 1898 and was mayor in 1898, and after moving to Manly around 1907 served on Manly Council from 1915 and 1928 (mayor from 1919 to 1921). In 1920 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as one of the members for North Shore; he was initially an independent, but subsequently joined the Nationalist Party. He did not stand for election in 1922 and was re-elected in 1925. In 1927, when single-member electorates were re-introduced, he became the member for Manly. He lost Democratic preselection for the 1944 state election and ran successfully as an independent Democrat. He joined the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithgow Mercury
The ''Lithgow Mercury'', is a tri-weekly English language newspaper first published in 1878 in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. History The ''Lithgow Mercury'' was established in 1878. Initially a weekly publication, the paper was published daily from 1949 to 1986, then tri-weekly. In 1879, the paper was purchased by Walter Scott Targett, who had started work as a compositor on the paper, and who was later elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Member for Hartley. J.P.T. Caulfield acquired the paper in 1886. He worked as editor for eighteen months, until late 1887 when he sold the paper to the proprietors of the ''Lithgow Enterprise and Australian Land Nationaliser''. In January 1889, the Lithgow Mercury Newspaper Co., headed by James Ryan, purchased the business and property of the ''Lithgow Enterprise''. Ryan became managing editor of the paper, a position he held for over 37 years. In July 1926, Western Newspapers Ltd, led by L.T. Watson, Hubert Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1932–1935
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 30th parliament held their seats from 1932 to 1935. They were elected at the 1932 state election, and at by-elections. The Speaker was Sir Daniel Levy. See also * First Stevens ministry * Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election *Candidates of the 1932 New South Wales state election This is a list of candidates for the 1932 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 11 June 1932. Retiring Members Labor * Bill Ratcliffe ( Barwon) United Australia * Richard Arthur (Mosman) * Bruce Walker Sr ( Hawkesbury) Leg ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1932-1935 Members of New South Wales parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1941 New South Wales State Election
The 1941 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting. Results by electoral district Albury Annandale * Preferences were not distributed. Armidale Ashburnham Ashfield Auburn Balmain * Preferences were not distributed. Bankstown * Preferences were not distributed. Barwon Bathurst Blacktown Bondi Botany Bulli Burwood Byron Canterbury * Preferences were not distributed. Casino Castlereagh The sitting member for Castlereagh, Alfred Yeo (Country), was concerned that the redistribution had made it a Labor seat and he unsucces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1938 New South Wales State Election
The 1938 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting. Results by electoral district Albury Annandale Armidale * Preferences were not distributed. Arncliffe Ashburnham Ashfield Auburn Balmain * Preferences were not distributed. Bankstown Barwon Bathurst * Preferences were not distributed. Bondi * Preferences were not distributed. Botany Bulli * Preferences were not distributed. Burwood Byron Canterbury Casino Castlereagh Cessnock Clarence Cobar Concord Coogee Cootamundra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1935 New South Wales State Election
The 1935 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting. Results by electoral district Albury Annandale Armidale Arncliffe Ashburnham Ashfield * Preferences were not distributed. Auburn Balmain * Preferences were not distributed. Bankstown * Preferences were not distributed. Barwon Bathurst Bondi Botany Bulli Burwood * Preferences were not distributed. Byron * Preferences were not distributed. Canterbury * Preferences were not distributed. Casino Castlereagh Cessnock * Preferences were not distributed. Clarence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1932 New South Wales State Election
The 1932 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting. Results by electoral district Albury Annandale * Preferences were not distributed. Armidale Arncliffe Ashburnham Ashfield Auburn Balmain * Preferences were not distributed. Bankstown Barwon * Preferences were not distributed. Bathurst * Gordon Wilkins was endorsed jointly by the Country and United Australia Parties. Bondi * Preferences were not distributed. Botany * Preferences were not distributed. Bulli * Preferences were not distributed. Burwood * Preferences were not distributed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1930 New South Wales State Election
The 1930 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting. The principal change from the 1927 election was the division of the state into 3 zones, Sydney with forty-three districts, Newcastle with five, and the country with forty-two. While the average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 16,009, in the country zone the average was 13,028,, in Newcastle 18,933, and Sydney 18,580. Results by electoral district Albury John Ross won the seat at the 1927 election as a Nationalist however he resigned from the party before the election, and contested the seat as an Independent Nationalist Annandale Armidale Arncliffe Joseph Cahill () was the sitting member for the abolished district of St George which was largely replaced by Arncliffe. Ashburnham Ashfield Auburn Balmain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1927 New South Wales State Election
The 1927 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts returning 90 members and all elections were held on 8 October 1927. This election took place after the Hare-Clark voting system was abolished and replaced with single member districts with optional preferential voting. Results by electoral district Albury Alexandria Annandale Armidale Ashburnham Ashfield Auburn Balmain Bankstown Barwon Bathurst Bondi Both Harold Jaques and Millicent Preston-Stanley were Nationalist members for Eastern Suburbs and Preston-Stanley won Nationalist pre-selection. Jaques re-joined the Nationalist party after the election. Botany Burwood Byron Canterbury Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1925 New South Wales State Election
The 1925 New South Wales state election was for 90 seats representing 24 electoral districts, with each district returning between 3 and 5 members. This was the third and final election in New South Wales that took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system. The average number of enrolled voters per member was 14,690, ranging from Sturt (10,297) to Ryde (19,119). Results by electoral district Balmain Bathurst Botany Byron Cootamundra Cumberland Eastern Suburbs Goulburn Maitland Murray Murrumbidgee N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1920 New South Wales State Election
The 1920 New South Wales state election was for 90 seats representing 24 electoral districts, with each district returning between 3 and 5 members. This was the first election in New South Wales that took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system. The average number of enrolled voters per member was 12,805, ranging from Sturt (11,539) to Sydney (13,478). Results by electoral district Balmain Bathurst Botany Byron Cootamundra Cumberland Eastern Suburbs Goulburn Maitland Murray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Results Of The 1917 New South Wales State Election
The 1917 New South Wales state election involved 90 electoral district returning one member each. If a candidate failed to achieve at least 50% of the vote in an electorate, a run-off election would take place in the following weeks. In this election, 8 electorates proceeded to second round elections. Election results Albury The sitting member John Cusack was expelled from in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription. Alexandria Allowrie Annandale Sitting member Arthur Griffith was expelled from in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription. Armidale Ashburnham Ashfield Balmain Bathurst The sitting member was Ernest Durack () who did not contest the election. Bega Belmore The sitting Labor member for Belmore, Patrick Minahan, lost preselection and unsuccessfully contested Cootamundra against Labor turned Nationalist Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 34th parliament held their seats from 1944 to 1947. They were elected at the 1944 state election, and at by-elections. The opposition Democratic Party merged into the nascent Liberal Party in late 1944, becoming the New South Wales branch of the new party. The Speaker was Daniel Clyne. See also * Second McKell ministry * First McGirr ministry *Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election This is a list of electoral district results for the 1944 New South Wales state election. Results by electoral district Albury Annandale * Preferences were not distributed. Armidale A ... * Candidates of the 1944 New South Wales state election References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1944-1947 Members of New South Wales parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |