Herbert Michael

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Herbert Donovan Michael (13 August 1890 – 27 April 1956) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Light from 1939 to 1941 and 1944 to 1956 for the Liberal and Country League. [1]

He was previously the chairman of the District Council of Eudunda from 1933 to 1941. [2] [3] [4]

Michael attended Kyre College, the predecessor to Scotch College, Adelaide. [5]

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References

  1. "Herbert Michael". Former Member of Parliament Details. Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN   978-0-949268-82-2
  3. Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 852.
  4. "From The Country". The Chronicle . Vol. LXXVI, no. 4, 001. South Australia. 20 July 1933. p. 13. Retrieved 11 November 2016 via Trove.
  5. McCallum, Blake, Herbert Donovan Michael, 23 March 2015.

 

Civic offices
Preceded by
Hermann Oskar Leditschke
Chairman of the District Council of Eudunda
1933–1941
Succeeded by
Parliament of South Australia
Preceded by Member for Light
1939–1941
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Light
1944–1956
Succeeded by