Reginald Weaver

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Reginald Walter Darcy Weaver was an Australian conservative parliamentarian who served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

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[edit] Biography

Reginald Weaver was born on 18 July 1876 at Kickerbill station, Murrurundi, New South Wales and was educated at Newington College. In the mid-1890s, he joined two of his brothers in a stock and station agency at Forbes before branching out on his own at Condobolin and Narrandera. He was an alderman on Condobolin and Narrandera Municipal councils before winning the NSW Legislative Assembly seat of Willoughby and later the seats of North Shore and Neutral Bay. In all he served just under 29 years in state parliament and served twice as a Minister and as Speaker and Leader of the opposition. In Sydney he was a real estate agent. Weaver died in Hornsby Hospital on 12 November 1945.[1][2]

[edit] Parliamentary Service

  • Member for Willoughby from 24 March 1917 until 18 February 1920
  • Member for North Shore from 20 March 1920 unti1 18 April 1925
  • Member for Neutral Bay from 8 October 1927 until 12 November 1945
  • Secretary for Mines and Minister for Forests from 16 April 1929 until 3 November 1930
  • Secretary for Public Works and Minister for Health from 16 May 1932 until 10 February 1935
  • Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 4 August 1937 until 27 May 1941
  • Leader of the Opposition from 27 May 1944 until his death on 12 November 1945.[1]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Mr Reginald Walter Darcy Weaver (1876 - 1945). Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
  2. ^ Bourke, Helen. Weaver, Reginald Walter Darcy (1876 - 1945). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.