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Mick O'Halloran
Michael Raphael O'Halloran (12 April 1893 – 22 September 1960) was an Australian politician, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Australia and also in the Australian Senate. Early life Born in Yanyarrie in outback South Australia, the Irish Catholic O'Halloran was educated at public schools before leaving to work on his parents' farm aged 13. Politics O'Halloran joined the ALP at 15 and was first elected to the South Australian House of Assembly Electoral district of Burra Burra at the 1918 election. He lost the seat at the 1921 election, but regained it at the 1924 election. He also made an astute move in 1924 by marrying Mary Frances Rowe on 14 August 1924. They had no children, but Mary would act as O'Halloran's electorate officer and advisor for the remainder of his political life. Following his defeat at the 1927 election, O'Halloran worked as an organiser for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leader Of The Opposition (South Australia)
The leader of the opposition in South Australia is the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties, known as the opposition, in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia. By convention, the leader of the opposition is a member of the House of Assembly. The leader acts as the public face of the opposition, and acts as a chief critic of the government and ultimately attempt to portray the opposition as a feasible alternate government. They are also given certain additional rights under parliamentary standing orders, such as extended time limits for speeches. Should the opposition win an election, the leader of the opposition will be nominated to become the premier of South Australia. Before the 1890s when there was no formal party system in South Australia, MPs tended to have historical liberal or conservative beliefs. The liberals dominated government from the 1893 election to 1905 election with Labor support, with the conservati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outback
The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. The Outback is more remote than Australian bush, the bush. While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastlines and encompass a number of climatic zones, including tropical climate, tropical and monsoonal climates in northern areas, arid areas in the "red centre" and semi-arid and temperate climate, temperate climates in southerly regions. The total population is estimated at 607,000 people. Geographically, the Outback is unified by a combination of factors, most notably a low human population density, a largely intact natural environment and, in many places, low-intensity land uses, such as pastoralism (livestock grazing) in which production is reliant on the natural environment. The Outback is deeply ingrained in Australian heritage, history and folklore. In Australian art the subject of the Outback has been vogue, particularly in the 1940s. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Pirie
Port Pirie is a small city on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf in South Australia, north of the state capital, Adelaide. Port Pirie is the largest city and the main retail centre of the Mid North region of South Australia. The city has an expansive history which dates back to 1845. Port Pirie was the first proclaimed regional city in South Australia, and is currently the second most important and second busiest port in SA. At the 2021 Australian census, 2021 Census, Port Pirie had a population of 13,896. Port Pirie is the eighth List of places in South Australia by population, most populous city in South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Gawler, Mount Barker, South Australia, Mount Barker, Whyalla, Murray Bridge, South Australia, Murray Bridge and Port Lincoln. The city's economy is dominated by one of the world's largest lead Lead smelting, smelters, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Frome
Frome is a single-member Electoral districts of South Australia, electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after Edward Charles Frome, the third surveyor-general of South Australia. The electorate stretches north-eastwards from the Gawler River and Gulf St Vincent in the south, and includes many of the agricultural areas of the Clare Valley, Clare and Gilbert Valleys. It covers a total of and takes in the towns of Auburn, South Australia, Auburn, Clare, South Australia, Clare, Mintaro, South Australia, Mintaro, Port Broughton, South Australia, Port Broughton, Saddleworth, South Australia, Saddleworth, Snowtown, South Australia, Snowtown and Riverton, South Australia, Riverton. Prior to the 2020 redistribution, its main population centre was Port Pirie, since transferred to Electoral district of Stuart, Stuart. Frome has existed in three incarnations throughout the history of the House of Assembly: as a two-seat multi-member marginal electorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 South Australian State Election
State elections were held in South Australia on 19 March 1938. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League government led by Premiers of South Australia, Premier of South Australia Richard Layton Butler, Richard L. Butler defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition (South Australia), Leader of the Opposition Andrew Lacey. Background This election was the start of the electoral malapportionment which became known as the Playmander. It consisted of rural districts enjoying a 2-to-1 advantage in the Parliament of South Australia, state parliament, even though they contained less than half of the population, as well as a change from multi-member to single-member districts, single-member electorates, and the number of MPs in the lower house was reduced from 46 to 39. Labor remained out of power until the 1965 South Australian sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Australian Federal Election
The 1937 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 23 October 1937. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent UAP–Country coalition government, led by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, defeated the opposition Labor Party under John Curtin. The election is notable in that the Country Party achieved its highest-ever primary vote in the lower house, thereby winning nearly a quarter of all lower-house seats. At the 1934 election nine seats in New South Wales had been won by Lang Labor. Following the reunion of the two Labor parties in February 1936, these were held by their members as ALP seats at the 1937 election. With the party's wins in Ballaarat and Gwydir (initially at a by-election on 8 March 1937), the ALP had a net gain of 11 seats compared with the previous election. This was the first federal election that future Prime Ministers Harold Holt and Arthur Fadden contested as members o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Australian Federal Election
The 1934 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 15 September 1934. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons formed a minority government, with 33 out of 74 seats in the House. The opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) led by James Scullin saw its share of the primary vote fall to an even lower number than in the 1931 election, due to the Lang Labor split. However, it was able to pick up an extra four seats on preferences and therefore improve on its position. Almost two months after the election, the UAP entered into a coalition with the Country Party, led by Earle Page. Future Prime Ministers Robert Menzies and John McEwen both entered parliament at this election. Results House of Representatives The member for Northern Territory, Adair Blain (independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Australian Federal Election
The 1928 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 17 November 1928. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Nationalist–Country coalition, led by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce won a record fifth consecutive election defeating the opposition Labor Party led by James Scullin. The election was held in conjunction with a referendum on Commonwealth–State relations, which was carried. Future Prime Ministers John Curtin and Ben Chifley both entered parliament at this election. Both then lost their seats in the 1931 election and did not re-enter parliament until 1934 and 1940 respectively. Issues In September 1928, federal treasurer Earle Page introduced the ''National Insurance Bill 1928'' into the House of Representatives, which provided for the establishment of a National Insurance National Insurance (NI) is a fundamental component of the welfare state in the United Kingdom. It ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 South Australian State Election
State elections were held in South Australia on 26 March 1927. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Australian Labor Party government led by Premiers of South Australia, Premier of South Australia Lionel Hill was defeated by the opposition Liberal Federation led by Leader of the Opposition (South Australia), Leader of the Opposition Richard Layton Butler, Richard L. Butler, and the Country Party (South Australia), Country Party (SA) led by Archie Cameron. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. Before the election, the Liberal Federation attempted to enter in to a formal coalition with the Country Party, but when this was rejected, Country Party candidates were given no Liberal opposition in six seats in five rural electorates. Results See also *Results of the South Australian state election, 1927 (House of Assembly) *Candidates o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 South Australian State Election
State elections were held in South Australia on 5 April 1924. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Federation government led by Premiers of South Australia, Premier of South Australia Henry Barwell was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition (South Australia), Leader of the Opposition John Gunn (Australian politician), John Gunn. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. The Farmers and Settlers Association (South Australia), Farmers and Settlers Association became known as the Country Party from this election. Results See also *Results of the South Australian state election, 1924 (House of Assembly) *Candidates of the South Australian state election, 1924 *Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1924–1927 *Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1924–1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 South Australian State Election
State elections were held in South Australia on 9 and 16 April 1921. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Union (Australia), Liberal Union government led by Premiers of South Australia, Premier of South Australia Henry Barwell defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition (South Australia), Leader of the Opposition John Gunn (Australian politician), John Gunn. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. The coalition between the National Party (South Australia), National Labor Party and the Liberal Union (South Australia), Liberal Union had collapsed in 1920, and the National Labor Party contested the election as the Progressive Country Party. See also * Results of the 1921 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) * Candidates of the South Australian state election, 1921 * Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 South Australian State Election
State elections were held in South Australia on 6 April 1918. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Union government led by Premier of South Australia Archibald Peake defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Andrew Kirkpatrick. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. The 1918 election was the first at which any women stood as candidates. Selina Siggins (Adelaide) and Jeanne Young ( Sturt) both ran unsuccessfully as independents. Background The Crawford Vaughan Labor government fell in July 1917 due to the Australian Labor Party split of 1916 on conscription, and was replaced by a Peake Liberal minority government. This was replaced by the Peake Liberal- National Labor coalition government in August 1917. Peake initially formed a ministry of liberals, but after complaints from National Labor who had supported him in the confidence motion, he i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
