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Candidates Of The Australian Federal Election, 1974
This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1974 Australian federal election. The election was held on 18 May 1974. Redistributions and seat changes *Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. **In Western Australia, a new seat, Division of Tangney, Tangney (notionally Labor), was created. **The division of Australian Capital Territory was split into divisions, Division of Canberra, Canberra and Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory), Fraser, both notionally Labor. The member for the ACT, Kep Enderby (Australian Labor Party, Labor), contested Canberra. Retiring Members and Senators Labor * Fred Birrell MP (Division of Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide, SA) *Senator Harry Cant (WA) *Senator Joe Fitzgerald (politician), Joe Fitzgerald (NSW) *Senator Bob Poke (Tas) *Senator Laurie Wilkinson (WA) Liberal * Les Bury MP (Division of Wentworth, Wentworth, NSW) * Marshall Cooke MP (Division of Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Australian Federal Election
The 1974 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 18 May 1974. All 127 seats in the House of Representatives and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election, due to a double dissolution. The incumbent Labor Party led by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam defeated the opposition Liberal–Country coalition led by Billy Snedden. This marked the first time that a Labor leader won two consecutive elections. Prior to the election the voting age had been reduced from 21 to 18 years. The election was held in conjunction with four referendum questions, none of which were carried. Future Prime Minister John Howard entered parliament at this election. Snedden became the first Liberal Leader not to serve as prime minister. Background and issues Gough Whitlam had been an active prime minister since his party's victory in the 1972 election, and his government had pursued many socially progressive reforms and policies over its first term. However, it suffered through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cramer (Australian Politician)
Sir John Oscar Cramer (18 February 189618 May 1994) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in federal parliament from 1949 to 1974, representing the seat of Bennelong. He served as Minister for the Army in the Menzies government from 1956 to 1963. He was also mayor of North Sydney from 1939 to 1941. Early life Cramer was born on 18 February 1896 at Jacob and Joseph Creek near Quirindi, New South Wales. He was the fourth of six children born to Emily Eleanor (née Cullen) and John Nicholas Cramer; his mother was of Scottish and Irish descent and his father of German descent. Cramer grew up on his father's farm, attending Gaspard Public School until the age of fourteen. He assisted his father with farm work and later managed a fruit shop in Quirindi. In 1917 he moved to Sydney and began working as a clerk with Paramount Pictures. He and his brother Charles were talented musicians and singers and provided musical accompanim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party. It was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Australia Party and has since become the most successful political party in Australia's history. The Liberal Party is the dominant partner in the Coalition with the National Party of Australia. At the federal level, the Liberal Party and its predecessors have been in coalition with the National Party since the 1920s. The Coalition was most recently in power from the 2013 federal election to the 2022 federal election, forming the Abbott (2013–2015), Turnbull (2015–2018) and Morrison (2018–2022) governments. After the Liberal Party lost the 2022 Australian federal election, Morrison announced he would step down as leader of the Liberal Party. Deputy Leader Josh Frydenberg also lost his seat, making senior Liberal MP Peter Dutton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hughes (Australian Politician)
Peter Dalton Hughes (born 28 July 1932) is a former Australian politician. He was the first leader of the Liberal Party in the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly The Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly was the main elected representative body of the Australian Capital Territory between 1975 and 1986, when preparations began to be made for the granting of self-government to the Territory. It ser .... Hughes, who had joined the Liberal Party in 1969, entered the House of Assembly as a member for Canberra at its inaugural election in 1974 and was elected Liberal leader. In January 1977 he resigned from the Liberal Party, arguing that he could better represent his constituents as an independent (he was succeeded as Liberal leader by James Leedman). He was defeated in 1979. References 1932 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Independent politicians in Australia Members of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Party
The Australia Party was a minor political party established initially in 1966 as the Liberal Reform Group. As the Australia Party, it became influential, particularly in the landmark 1972 federal election when its preferences assisted the Australian Labor Party to victory—ending 23 years of Liberal/Country Coalition government. The Australia Party grew out of the Liberal Reform Group, a group of members of the Liberal Party of Australia and Independents who opposed the party's policy of conscription and military involvement in the Vietnam War. The leading figure in this group was a businessman, Gordon Barton, who was assisted in the funding by Ken Thomas of TNT Transport and with the party organisation and branch establishment by Nick Gorshenin, Sydney shark meshing contractor and North Sydney Council alderman. In 22 October 1966, when US President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Sydney, Gordon Barton and Ken Thomas sponsored a full-page advertisement in the ''Sydney Morning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalition (Australia)
The Liberal–National Coalition, commonly known simply as "the Coalition" or informally as the LNP, is an alliance of centre-right political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics. The two partners in the Coalition are the Liberal Party of Australia and the National Party of Australia (the latter previously known as the Country Party and the National Country Party). Its main opponent is the Australian Labor Party (ALP); the two forces are often regarded as operating in a two-party system. The Coalition was last in government from the 2013 federal election, before being unsuccessful at re-election in the 2022 Australian federal election. The group is led by Peter Dutton, who succeeded Scott Morrison after the 2022 Australian federal election. The two parties in the Coalition have different voter bases, with the Liberals – the larger party – drawing most of their vote from urban areas and the Nationals operating almost exclusive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Turnbull
Reginald John David "Spot" Turnbull (21 February 1908 – 17 July 2006) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1946 to 1961 (1946–1959 for the Labor Party, 1959–1961 as an Independent), then a Senator for Tasmania from 1962 until 1974. Though he was elected Senator each time as an Independent, he briefly served as leader of the Australia Party The Australia Party was a minor political party established initially in 1966 as the Liberal Reform Group. As the Australia Party, it became influential, particularly in the landmark 1972 federal election when its preferences assisted the Austr ... from August 1969 to January 1970. Turnbull also served as Mayor of Launceston from 1964 to 1965. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Turnbull, Reg 1908 births 2006 deaths Members of the Australian Senate Members of the Australian Senate for Tasmania Treasurers of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Independent mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Gair
Vincent Clair Gair (25 February 190111 November 1980) was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of Queensland from 1952 until 1957, when his stormy relations with the trade union movement saw him expelled from the Labor Party. He was elected to the Australian Senate and led the Democratic Labor Party from 1965 to 1973. In 1974 he was appointed Australian Ambassador to Ireland by the Whitlam government, which caused his expulsion from the DLP. Early life Gair was born in Rockhampton to John Alexander and Catherine Mary Gair, a Scottish father and an Irish mother, and raised a Catholic. His parents were founding members of the Labor Party in Queensland in the 1890s. He began work with the Department of Railways upon the family's move to Dutton Park, Queensland. In 1916 he joined the Labor Party. He married Florence Glynn in 1924. She died in an accident five years later. State parliamentary career The Queensland state electorate of South Brisbane was held from 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Lillico
Alexander Elliot Davidson Lillico (5 September 1905 – 1 November 1994) was an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the seat of Meander from 1943 to 1958 and a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate from 1958 to 1974. Early life Lillico was born in Penguin, Tasmania, the son of state MP Alexander Lillico, and educated at Don State School and Devonport High School, with two terms boarding at Scotch College, Melbourne. He began farming after leaving school and acquired property at Wilmot. He was a member of the Kentish Council from 1934 until 1960 and became its youngest ever warden in 1936 at the age of 30. Politics In 1943 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Meander. In 1958, he left the Assembly to successfully contest the Australian Senate as a Liberal candidate for Tasmania. He retired in 1974. Lillico died in 1994. Personal life Lillico married Gladys Mayo in 1928, with w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Buttfield
Dame Nancy Eileen Buttfield, ( Holden; 12 November 1912 – 4 September 2005) was an Australian Senator and the first woman to serve in the Australian Parliament as a representative of the state of South Australia. Early life Buttfield was born on 12 November 1912 in Kensington Gardens, South Australia. She was the daughter of Hilda May (née Lavis) and Edward Holden. Her father, who was knighted in 1946, was the co-founder of the automobile marque Holden, which had its origins in a saddlery established by his grandfather James Holden. He was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council in 1935. She was educated at Girton House Girls' Grammar School (1918–1923) and Woodlands Glenelg Church of England Girls' Grammar School (1924–1929). She was a school prefect and house captain in her final year. She subsequently attended a finishing school in Paris for a year and then studied psychology, music, logic and economics at the University of Adelaide. She was a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Balaclava
The Division of Balaclava was an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It was named for the suburb of Balaclava, which in turn was named for a battlefield of the Crimean War. It was based in the wealthy inner southern suburbs of Melbourne, including Brighton and Sandringham. It was always a safe seat for the conservative parties, being held successively by Protectionist Party, Nationalist Party, United Australia Party and Liberal Party members. It was abolished and replaced by the Division of Goldstein The Division of Goldstein is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1984, when the former Division of Balaclava was abolished. It is located in the bayside suburbs of Melbourne, including Beaumaris, Bentleigh ... in 1984. Members Election results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Balaclava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Whittorn
Raymond Harold Whittorn, CBE (4 October 1911 – 10 August 1995) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1960 to 1974, representing the electorate of Balaclava. Born in Sydney, he attended Sydney Technical College before becoming an electrical engineer. He worked as a cables superintended for the Olympic Tyre and Rubber Company before its cables division was spun out as Olympic Cables Ltd, after which he became factory manager and then from 1949 general manager. In 1953, he became sales manager at Johns Hydraulics Ltd. In 1960, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in a by-election for the Melbourne seat of Balaclava caused by the resignation of Percy Joske; Whittorn represented the Liberal Party. He held the seat until his retirement in 1974. Whittorn was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1972 Birthday Honours The 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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