John Alexander Pettitt [1] [2] (25 September 1910 –25 December 1977) was an Australian politician. Born in Geelong,Victoria,he was educated at Geelong College before becoming a farmer at Harden,New South Wales. He served in the military from 1940 to 1943. [3] In 1963,he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for Hume,defeating Labor member Arthur Fuller. He held the seat until 1972,when he was defeated by Labor's Frank Olley. He died on Christmas Day 1977. [4]
Leonard James Reynolds was an Australian politician who served as a Labor member of the Parliament of Australia from 1958 to 1966 and from 1969 to 1975.
John Brooke Howse was an Australian politician. He was born in Orange,New South Wales,the son of Sir Neville Howse,a minister in the Nationalist government of Stanley Bruce. He attended Geelong Grammar School and the University of Sydney before becoming a company director. He underwent military service 1939–46;on his return,he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Liberal Party,defeating Labor's John Breen for his father's old seat of Calare. He held the seat until he resigned on 28 September 1960,becoming a manager and company director. He died in 2002.
James Donald Mathieson Dobie was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives for over 25 years,representing the seats of Hughes (1966–1969) and Cook. He was an assistant minister during the McMahon government (1971–1972). Prior to entering politics he worked for the Bank of New South Wales.
Ian Louis Robinson was an Australian politician.
Robert Patten was an English-born Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1908 to 1910 and a Commonwealth Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the electorate of Hume from 1913 to 1917.
Crawford William Bridges-Maxwell was an Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1964 to 1969,representing the seat of Robertson for the Liberal Party. He was a veterinary scientist by profession.
John Arthur Abel was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney,he attended Newington College from 1949 until 1954. Abel was an accountant and company manager before entering politics. In 1975,he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Evans,defeating Labor MP Allan Mulder. His seat was abolished in a redistribution before the 1977 election,and he unsuccessfully challenged former prime minister William McMahon for preselection in the Division of Lowe. In 1996 he returned to serve the Parliament as Senior Adviser and then Chief of Staff to the Minister for Roads,Territories and Local Government. Affectionately known by many colleagues on the NSW Central Coast as "Sir John". In 2008 Abel retired from politics. In 2009 he moved with his wife and family to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. John Abel died in 2019.
Maurice James Neil is an Australian politician,soldier and lawyer. Born in Manchester,England,he migrated to Australia at the age of 5. Neil attended the University of Sydney. He served in the military 1966–75,including voluntary time in Vietnam as a platoon commander in the Royal Australian Infantry.
Alfred Thomas Montgomery Madden Ozanne was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1910 to 1913 and 1914 to 1917,both times for the seat of Corio.
John Henry Lister was an Australian politician. He was a Nationalist Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1917 to 1929.
James Corbett,MBE was an Australian politician. He was a member of the National Country Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1980,representing the Queensland seat of Maranoa. Outside of politics he was a farmer and grazier on the Darling Downs.
Brendan Percival Hansen was an Australian politician. He served as Member for Wide Bay in the Federal Parliament from 1961 to 1974 and as Member for Maryborough in the Queensland Parliament from 1977 to 1983,representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
John Mead Hallett was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Country Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1974,representing the Western Australian seat of Canning. He also served as state president of the Country Party from 1962 to 1963.
Jack Mortimer was an Australian politician. He received a primary education before becoming a farmer in South Australia. He served in the military from 1942 to 1946 and returned as a waterside worker in Port Lincoln where he was a branch secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation. In 1963,he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Grey. He held the seat until his defeat in 1966,after which he became a businessman in Port Lincoln. Mortimer died by drowning at Port Hedland in 1973.
Donald Scott Jessop was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide,he was educated at state schools and then the University of Adelaide,after which he became an optometrist at Port Augusta. He was a councillor with Port Augusta City. In 1966,he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Grey,defeating sitting Labor member Jack Mortimer. He was defeated in 1969,but in 1970 was elected to the Senate. He remained in the Senate until he was defeated in 1987. He had been dropped by his party,and chose to run as an Independent Liberal.
Gilbert William Arthur Duthie AM was an Australian politician. Born in Nhill,Victoria,he was educated at state schools and at the University of Melbourne before becoming a schoolteacher and farmer in rural Victoria. In 1938 he was ordained a Methodist minister,and in 1944 he moved to Latrobe,Tasmania. In 1945 and 1946 Duthie was directly involved with Australian rules football in the town. He was secretary of the Latrobe Football Club as well as playing senior games for it in the NWFU competition.
Thomas Gordon Pearsall was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart,Tasmania,he was educated at multiple state schools before becoming a dairy farmer at Kingston. He served in the military from 1940 to 1945 (TX6060 Lt 2/29 Infantry Battalion. POW Malaya and Thai-Burma Railway and served on Kingsborough Council. In 1950,he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Franklin. In 1966,he transferred to national politics,winning the federal House of Representatives seat of Franklin after the retirement of Bill Falkinder. He was defeated in 1969 by Labor candidate Ray Sherry,and returned to farming. Pearsall died in 2003.
Arthur George Poyser was an Australian politician. Born in Ballarat,Victoria,he was educated at state schools in Geelong,after which he became a textile worker and tramway worker. He served in the military 1940–1941. From 1961 to 1966 he was Secretary of the Geelong Trades Hall Council. In 1966,he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Victoria,filling the casual vacancy caused by the death of Senator Charles Sandford. The Australian Constitution dictated that a special Senate election had to be held at the same time as the lower house 1966 election;Poyser and the Country Party's James Webster,appointed after the death of Harrie Wade,were required to stand for election. Both were successful. Poyser was re-elected in 1967 and 1974,remaining in the Senate until his retirement in 1975.
Donald Michael Devitt was an Australian politician. Born in Launceston,Tasmania,he was educated at state schools before becoming a council clerk. He served in the military 1942–1945,after which he became a farmer and high school bursar. In 1964,he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Tasmania. He held the seat until his retirement in 1977.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1923 to 1926. Half of its members were elected at the 13 December 1919 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1920 and finishing on 30 June 1926;the other half were elected at the 16 December 1922 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1923 and finishing on 30 June 1929.