Norman John Oswald Makin AO was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1919 to 1946 for Hindmarsh,from 1954 to 1955 for Sturt,and from 1955 to 1963 for Bonython. He was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1929 to 1932 and served as Minister for the Navy,Minister for Munitions (1941–1946) and Minister for Aircraft Production (1945–1946) under John Curtin,Frank Forde and Ben Chifley. He was the first President of the United Nations Security Council in 1946,and served as Ambassador to the United States from 1946 to 1951.
Thomas Tuke Hollway was the 36th Premier of Victoria,and the first to be born in the 20th century. He held office from 1947 to 1950,and again for a short period in 1952. He was originally a member and the leader of the United Australia Party (UAP) in Victoria,and was the inaugural leader of the UAP's successor,the Victorian division of the Liberal Party,but split from the Liberals after a dispute over electoral reform issues.
James Mathews was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1906 to 1931,representing the electorate of Melbourne Ports.
Walter Maxwell Nairn was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1929 to 1943,representing the electorate of Perth for the Nationalist Party of Australia and its successor the United Australia Party. He was the Speaker of the House from 1940 to 1943.
Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers was an Australian politician. He served in the House of Representatives as a Liberal and Nationalist,representing the Victorian seat of Wannon. He was Minister for Trade and Customs in the Hughes Government from 1921 to 1923.
Sir Thomas Walter White,was an Australian politician and pilot in the First World War. In 1914 he became one of the first airmen trained for the Australian Flying Corps (AFC),and the following year he was among the first AFC members to see action when he was deployed to the Middle East with the Mesopotamian Half Flight. After carrying out several missions behind Turkish lines,he was captured in November 1915 but escaped in July 1918. White was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and twice mentioned in despatches for his war service. He married Vera Deakin,a Red Cross worker and daughter of former Australian Prime Minister Alfred Deakin,in 1920.
John Keith McDougall,also known as J. K. McDougall,was an Australian politician,poet and Labor activist.
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.
Arthur Lewis was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne,he received no formal education and was raised in an orphanage. He became a farm labourer and was secretary of the Victorian branch of the Carters and Drivers Union.
William Joseph Hutchinson was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1931 to 1949,representing the seats of Indi (1931–1937) and Deakin (1937–1949) for the United Australia Party and its successor the Liberal Party of Australia.
Raymond Harold Whittorn,CBE was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1960 to 1974,representing the electorate of Balaclava.
Hugh McClelland was an Australian politician.
William Fyfe Finlayson was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1910 to 1919 and a member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1920 to 1922.
Henry Gregory was an Australian politician. He was a Ministerialist member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1897 to 1911,representing the electorates of North Coolgardie (1897-1901) and Menzies (1901-1911). He was state Minister for Mines from 1901 to 1904 under George Leake and Walter James and Minister for Mines and Railways from 1905 to 1911 under Hector Rason,Newton Moore and Frank Wilson. He rose to become Treasurer from 1910 to 1911,a role that also entailed him acting as Premier if Wilson was absent,but lost his seat at the 1911 state election.
Arthur William Hutchin,DSO was an Australian businessman,politician and army officer. He was a United Australia Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1931 to 1934,representing the Tasmanian electorate of Denison.
John Valentine (Jack) MacDonald was a New Zealand-born Australian politician.
The Industrial Socialist Labor Party,Industrial Labor Party and the Independent Labor Party were short lived socialist political parties in Australia in 1919 and the early 1920s. The Industrial Socialist Labor Party was founded by radical socialist members of the industrial wing of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),at a time when the ALP's socialist ideology was a matter of intra-party dispute. It was closely aligned with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the One Big Union (OBE) movement.
Henry Peter Zwar,OBE was an Australian liberal/conservative politician,local government councillor,local government head,Member of Lower House and tannery owner.
George Hamilton Lamb was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1935 until his death in 1943,representing the electorate of Lowan for the Country Party.
Major Sir Thomas Karran Maltby was a politician in Victoria,Australia. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for nearly 32 years from 1929 to 1961,served in several ministries and was Speaker of the assembly from 1947 to 1950.
