Graham Waddell

Sir Charles Graham Waddell KBE (7 January 1877 – 7 April 1960) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Orange to bank manager George Walker Waddell and Fanny Elizabeth Sharpe; his uncle was Thomas Waddell, a prominent colonial politician. He attended Sydney Grammar School and worked as a bookkeeper and overseer near Adelong before becoming a grazier at Bethungra. He was president of the Graziers' Association from 1925 to 1928 and chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council from 1925 to 1935. In 1927 he was knighted. From 1934 to 1943 he was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Waddell died at Potts Point in 1960.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Parliament of New South Wales (2008). "The Hon. Sir Charles Graham Waddell, K.B.E. (1877-1960)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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