John Bexley Sedgers

Last updated
John Bexley Sedgers
Nominated Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1951–1954
Succeeded by Robert Bunting
Personal details
DiedJune 1969
Sydney, Australia

John Bexley Sedgers (died June 1969) was an Australian businessman. He spent much of his career in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, where he served in the Legislative Council from 1951 to 1954.

Biography

Sedgers joined W.R. Carpenter as a shipping clerk in 1917. After a spell working on its Mascot ship on the Australia–Solomon Islands route, he worked in Tulagi in the Solomon Islands and then Rabaul in the Territory of New Guinea. He later worked in Kavieng, Salamaua and Wau. [1]

Following the Japanese invasion, he and colleague B.B. Perriman were given responsibility for evacuating civilians from Wau. After around 180 people were airlifted, the remainder (including Sedgers) walked 200 miles to Port Moresby. [1] He then went back to Australia, before returning to New Guinea in 1945, working in Madang. In 1951 he was appointed managing director and chairman of the New Guinea branch of Carpenters, moving to Rabaul. Prior to the elections to the new Legislative Council the same year, he was one of the three European members appointed to the body. [2] He served in the council until the 1954 elections. [3]

He later became a member of the committee of Rabaul Turf Club. [4] After retiring in the early 1960s, he moved back to Australia. He died in June 1969, survived by his wife and three children. [1]

Related Research Articles

1951 Papua New Guinean general election

General elections were held in Papua and New Guinea for the first time on 10 November 1951.

1954 Papua New Guinean general election

General elections were held in Papua and New Guinea on 2 October 1954.

1957 Papua New Guinean general election

General elections were held in Papua and New Guinea on 31 August 1957.

George Kenneth Whittaker was an Australian optometrist, planter, soldier and politician in Papua New Guinea.

1959 Papua New Guinean by-elections

By-elections for all three elected seats in the Legislative Council were held in Papua and New Guinea on 12 September 1959. The incumbent MLCs had resigned due to the imposition of income tax in the territory by the Australian government. All three seats were won by candidates supported by the Taxpayers' Association. The three new MLCs all resigned by 1 October.

1960 Papua New Guinean general election

General elections were held in Papua and New Guinea on 27 August 1960.

Carl Mallesch Jacobsen was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1951 and 1954.

Ernest James

Ernest Alfred James was an accountant, newspaper proprietor and politician in the Territory of Papua New Guinea. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1951 and 1959.

Frank Henderson (public servant) Australian agriculturalist and public servant

Frank Cotter Henderson was an Australian agriculturalist and public servant. He held senior positions in the government of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea and served as an official member of the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea and House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea.

Don Barrett Australian politician

Donald Barrett was an Australian planter, army major, politician and sports coach in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. He served as a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly in two spells between 1951 and 1968.

Mick Foley (public servant)

Stanley Michael Foley was an Australian public servant. He rose to become a District Commissioner in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, also serving as an official member of the territory's House of Assembly.

John Keith McCarthy

John Keith McCarthy was an Australian public servant in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. He rose to become Director of Agriculture, also serving as a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly.

John Herbert Jones was an Australian public servant. He spent most of his career in Papua and New Guinea, serving as an official member of the Legislative Council between 1951 and 1953.

Ephraim Jubilee was a Papua New Guinean educator, magistrate and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1961 until 1964.

John Lester Chipper was an English-born Papua New Guinean businessman and politician. He served in the Legislative Council in two spells between 1959 and 1964 and headed the local council of Rabaul for several years.

Claude Champion

Claude Champion was an Australian public servant in Papua New Guinea. He served as a member of the Legislative Council in two spells between 1951 and 1961.

Douglas Evan Macinnis was an Australian public servant. He was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea.

John Gunther (public servant)

Sir John Thomson Gunther was an Australian public servant who spent most of his career in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. Holding several key roles in the territory's civil service, he was also a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly from 1951 to 1966.

Steven Ainsworth Lonergan was an Australian public servant, who spent most of his career in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. He served in the Legislative Council from 1952 to 1959.

Pita Simogun

Sir Pita Simogun was a Papua New Guinean policeman, farmer and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council from 1951 to 1961 and then as a member of the House of Assembly from 1964 to 1968, during which time he was also Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Police.

References

  1. 1 2 3 John Bexley Sedgers Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1969, p125
  2. ↑ Local voice in Papua-N. Guinea administration Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1951, p7
  3. ↑ How to Spend the £10.5 Millions Record Budget Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1954, p11
  4. ↑ Some Lively Sport on Vulcan's Shoulder Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1958, p153
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.