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1891 Wallaroo By-election
A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Wallaroo on 23 May 1891. This was triggered by the resignation of the former Wallaroo MHA David Bews. Successful candidate Richard Hooper was the first Labor member of the House of Assembly, but was not a member of the newly formed United Labor Party (ULP), instead serving as an Independent Labor member. Although he attended caucus meetings he never joined the ULP. The 1892 East Adelaide by-election saw ULP candidate John McPherson win the seat. It was the first time the ULP had won a seat in the House of Assembly, with electoral success to be followed at the 1893 colonial election, winning 10 of 54 seats and the balance of power, allowing the ULP to support the liberal opposition led by Charles Kingston in defeating the conservative government led by John Downer Sir John William Downer, KCMG, KC (6 July 1843 – 2 August 1915) was an Australian politician who served two terms as Premier of South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian House Of Assembly
The House of Assembly (also known as the lower house) is one of two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia, the other being the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. Overview The House of Assembly was created in 1857, when South Australia attained self-government. The development of an elected legislature — although only men could vote — marked a significant change from the prior system, where legislative power was in the hands of the Governor and the Legislative Council, which was appointed by the Governor. In 1895, the House of Assembly granted women the right to vote and stand for election to the legislature. South Australia was the second place in the world to do so after New Zealand in 1893, and the first to allow women to stand for election. (The first woman candidates for the South Australia Assembly ran in 1918 general election, in Adelaide and Sturt.) From 1857 to 1933, the House of Assembly was elected from mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberalism
Liberalism is a Political philosophy, political and moral philosophy based on the Individual rights, rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, the right to private property, and equality before the law. Liberals espouse various and often mutually conflicting views depending on their understanding of these principles but generally support private property, market economies, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, Economic freedom, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion.Generally support: * * * * * * *constitutional government and privacy rights * Liberalism is frequently cited as the dominant ideology of modern history.Wolfe, p. 23. Liberalism became a distinct Political movement, movement in the Age of Enlightenment, gaining popularity among Western world, Western philosophers and economists. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian State By-elections
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', ), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). South is sometimes abbreviated as S. Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of South Australian State By-elections
This is a list of by-elections and scheduled by-elections for the South Australian House of Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These vacancies are called casual vacancies. Gains for Labor are highlighted in red; for Liberal and its predecessors in blue; and others in grey. 2020–2029 2010–2019 2000–2009 1990–1999 1980–1989 1970–1979 1960–1969 1950–1959 1940–1949 1930–1939 1920–1929 1910–1919 1900–1909 1890–1899 1880–1889 1870–1879 1857–1869 See also * List of South Australian Legislative Council appointments * List of South Australian Legislative Council by-elections ReferencesSouth Australian By-Elections 1851-2011: ECSA [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Furner
Luke Lidiard Furner (1837 – 24 June 1912) was a politician in colonial South Australia, Commissioner of Public Works 1886 to 1887. Furner was born in Lymington, Hampshire, England, and at his Age of majority travelled to Melbourne, Australia, in the ''Mermaid'', later moving to Adelaide, South Australia. Furner was in business in Goolwa and Moonta, South Australia, where he founded the auctioneering firm of Moody, Furner, and Co. which lasted until 1885. Furner was mayor of the Corporate Town of Moonta three times and was Worshipful Master of the local Lodge of Freemasons. Furner was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for Electoral district of Wallaroo, Wallaroo on 5 April 1878, a seat he held until 8 April 1890. Furner was Commissioner of Public Works in the John Downer administration from 8 June 1886 to 11 June 1887. He contested the 1891 Wallaroo by-election. Furner died in Prospect, South Australia on 24 June 1912. References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Allen (Australian Politician)
Peter Allen ( – 22 October 1925) was an Australian politician. He was a farmer and a correspondent for the ''Adelaide Advertiser'' before entering politics. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly, representing Electoral district of Wallaroo, Wallaroo from 1902 to 1912 and Electoral district of Yorke Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula from 1915 to 1925 as a representative of the Farmers and Producers Political Union, the Liberal Union (South Australia), Liberal Union and Liberal Federation. He contested the 1891 Wallaroo by-election. Prior to entering state politics, he was chairman of the District Council of Green's Plains, and was the first chairman of the District Council of Kadina from 1888 to 1891. References Year of birth uncertain 1850s births 1925 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Politicians from Adelaide Australian journalists Australian male journalists Place of birth missing {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Downer
Sir John William Downer, KCMG, KC (6 July 1843 – 2 August 1915) was an Australian politician who served two terms as Premier of South Australia, from 1885 to 1887 and again from 1892 to 1893. He later entered federal politics and served as a Senator for South Australia from 1901 to 1903. He was the first of four Australian politicians from the Downer family dynasty. Early life Downer was born in Adelaide on 6 July 1843. He was one of four sons born to Jane (née Field) and Henry Downer; his father was a tailor. His parents had immigrated from England to South Australia in 1838, among the first waves of British immigrants brought out by the South Australian Company. Downer began his education at a private academy in Adelaide. He went on to attend St Peter's College, Adelaide, on a scholarship. In 1862 he took first prize in the statewide examinations. Downer followed his older brother Henry Edward Downer into the legal profession, serving his articles of clerkship with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservatism
Conservatism is a Philosophy of culture, cultural, Social philosophy, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, Convention (norm), customs, and Value (ethics and social sciences), values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in which it appears. In Western culture, depending on the particular nation, conservatives seek to promote and preserve a range of institutions, such as the nuclear family, organized religion, the military, the nation-state, property rights, rule of law, aristocracy, and monarchy. Conservatives tend to favor institutions and practices that enhance social order and historical continuity. The 18th-century Anglo-Irish statesman Edmund Burke, who opposed the French Revolution but supported the American Revolution, is credited as one of the forefathers of conservative thought in the 1790s along with Savoyard statesman Joseph de Maistre. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kingston
Charles Cameron Kingston (22 October 1850 – 11 May 1908) was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was a radical liberal Premier of South Australia, occupying this office with the support of Labor, which in the House of Assembly was led by John McPherson from 1893, and by Lee Batchelor upon McPherson's death in 1897. Kingston won the 1893, 1896 and 1899 colonial elections against the conservatives. During his time as Premier, Kingston was responsible for such measures as electoral reform including the first law to give votes to women in Australia (and second in the world only to New Zealand), a legitimation Act, the first conciliation and arbitration act in Australia, establishment of a state bank, a high protective tariff, regulation of factories, a progressive system of land, and income taxation, a public works program, and more extensive workers' compensation. A leading advocate of federation, Kingston contributed extensively at a practical level to bring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balance Of Power (parliament)
In parliamentary politics, balance of power is a situation in which one or more members of a parliamentary or similar chamber can by their uncommitted vote enable a party to attain and remain in minority government. The term may also be applied to the members who hold that position. The members holding the balance of power may guarantee their support for a government by either joining it in a coalition government or by an assurance that they will vote against any motion of no confidence in the government or will abstain in such a vote. In return for such a commitment, such members may demand legislative or policy commitments from the party they are to support. A person or party may also hold a balance of power in a chamber without any commitment to government, in which case both the government and opposition groupings may on occasion need to negotiate for that person's or party's support. Australia House of Representatives In the 1940 federal election of the 74 seats in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Wallaroo
Wallaroo is a defunct Electoral districts of South Australia, electoral district that elected members to the South Australian House of Assembly, House of Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It was established in 1875 and abolished in 1970. Successful 1891 Wallaroo by-election candidate Richard Hooper (Australian politician), Richard Hooper was the first South Australian Labor Party, Labor member of the House of Assembly, but was not a member of the newly formed United Labor Party (ULP), instead serving as an Independent politician, Independent Labor member. The 1892 East Adelaide colonial by-election, 1892 East Adelaide by-election saw ULP candidate John McPherson win the seat. It was the first time the ULP had won a seat in the House of Assembly, with electoral success to be followed at the 1893 South Australian colonial election, 1893 colonial election, winning 10 of 54 seats and the Balance of power (parliament), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 South Australian Colonial Election
The 1893 South Australian colonial election was held on 15 April 1893 to elect all 54 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly. Following the 1890 election, the Cockburn government lost a no-confidence motion moved by Thomas Playford II, who formed a government which lasted nearly two years. He was replaced by an equally progressive leader in Frederick Holder, but his ministry was defeated by the very conservative John Downer, who took the parliament into the election. The incumbent conservative government led by Premier of South Australia John Downer was defeated by the liberal opposition led by Charles Kingston, with the support of the United Labor Party (ULP) led by John McPherson who formed an informal coalition. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. This was the first election in which parties and increasingly solid groupings were formed. Background A United Trades and Labor Council meeting with the purpose of creating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
