John Newlands (politician)
| The Honourable Sir John Newlands | |
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| President of the Australian Senate | |
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In office 1 July 1926 – 13 August 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Givens |
| Succeeded by | Walter Kingsmill |
| Senator for South Australia | |
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In office 1 July 1913 – 20 May 1932 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 August 1864 Nairnshire, Scotland |
| Died | 20 May 1932 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Scottish Australian |
| Political party |
Labor (1913–16) National Labor (1916–17) Nationalist (1917–31) UAP (1931–32) |
| Occupation | Railway worker |
Sir John Newlands (4 August 1864 – 20 May 1932), also known as John Newland, was a Scottish-born Australian politician.[1]
Born in Nairnshire, Newlands was the son of Andrew Newlands, agricultural labourer, and his wife Ann, née Stunar.[1] Newlands was educated in Croy, Scotland before migrating to New South Wales, Australia in 1883. He married Theresa Glassey on 27 February 1884 in Adelaide, and that year began to use Newland as his surname.[1] He became a railway worker, also in 1894, initially as a lamp cleaner. He was secretary of the Railway Officers' Association and sat on Terowie District Council.
In November 1906 Newland was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly as the Labor member for Burra Burra.[1] In February 1912 he lost his marginal seat in South Australian state election, 1912, but was elected to the Australian Senate in the Australian federal election, 1913 as a Labor Senator for South Australia. He left the Labor Party in the wake of the 1916 split over conscription, joining the Nationalist Party. He was knighted in 1926, and reverted his name to Newlands.[1] On 1 July 1926, he was appointed President of the Senate, succeeding Thomas Givens. He held the presidency until 13 August 1929, when he was succeeded by Walter Kingsmill. He had several periods of convalescence due to ill health[1] and died in 1932 in Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia, while his term was still unexpired. No appointment was made.[2]
External links
- Sir John Newlands Given State Funeral Adelaide Advertiser at Trove, National Library of Australia
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Grainger, G. (1988). "Newland, Sir John (1864–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ↑ Carr, Adam (2012). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
| Parliament of Australia | ||
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| Preceded by Thomas Givens |
President of the Senate 1926–1929 |
Succeeded by Walter Kingsmill |