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A political family of Australia (also called a political dynasty) is a family in which multiple members are involved in Australian politics, particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage; often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved.
They are cousins, the grandsons of Frederick Baume, a member of parliament in New Zealand.
conservative Premiers of South Australia; their great-grandson and grandson respectively:
Brothers
• Paul Davey AM, Federal Director for the Nationals • Senator Perin Davey, Deputy Leader of the Nationals.
his sons:
John Dunn Snr's son-in-law and nephew:
Name | Australian House of Representatives | Tasmanian House of Assembly | Tasmanian Legislative Council |
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William Clark "Bill" Hodgman (1909–97) | 1955–64: Member for Denison | 1971–83: Member for Queenborough 1981–83: President of the Legislative Council | |
Michael Hodgman (1938–2013) - son of Bill | 1975–87: Member for Denison 1980–83: Minister for the Capital Territory in the Fraser government | 1992–98, 2001–10: Member for Denison | 1966–74: Member for Huon |
Peter Hodgman (born 1946) - son of Bill, brother of Michael | 2001: contested seat of Franklin | 1986–2001: Member for Franklin | 1974–86: Member for Huon |
Will Hodgman (born 1969) - son of Michael | 2002–2020: Member for Franklin 2006–14 : Leader of the Opposition 2014–2020 : Premier of Tasmania | ||
Lucy & Ben Hood are siblings who are known for contesting the 2022 South Australian state election representing different parties in different electorates.
The Hughes family has a long history in both New South Wales and Federal politics.
Brothers
their grandfather
The Playford family has played a significant role in the South Australian and Australian political and social sphere since the early days of European settlement.
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Each Australian state has a governor to represent Australia's monarch within it. The governors are the nominal chief executives of the states, performing the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-general of Australia at the national or federal level. In practice, with notable exceptions the governors are generally required by convention to act on the advice of the state premiers or the other members of a state's cabinet.
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Donald Cameron may refer to:
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The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Australia.
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The following lists events that happened during 1943 in Australia.
Norman Kirkwood Ewing was an Australian lawyer, politician and judge. He was born in New South Wales and moved to Western Australia in the 1890s. He served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1897 to 1901 and was elected to the Senate at the inaugural federal election in 1901. He resigned from the Senate in 1903 and moved to Tasmania in 1905, serving in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1909 to 1915. His last public role was as a judge on the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1915 until his death in 1928.
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