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Edgar Alfred "Oscar" Oates (1 Nov 1889 – 2 September 1951^[1]) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1933 until his death.

He was born at Kangaroo Flat, 5 km north of Gawler, and was educated at the Gawler school, before working as a wharf labourer at Port Adelaide. He was a member of the Waterside Workers Federation from 1916 to the day he died, and served as president of its Port Adelaide branch and on its state executive. He was a fierce union rival of future independent MP Thomas Thompson, ousting Thompson as branch president and expelling him from the union.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] He was also president of the SA Public Schools Committees' Association and president of the state executive of the Working Men's Association.^[7]^[8]^[4]

He was elected for Labor in 1933 to the Legislative Council for the Central No. 1 district, with a substantial support from preferences.^[9]

During his term of office he made three attempts to introduce a State lottery, and was about to make a fourth on the week he died. He also made considerable attempts to have a new hospital built in the Port Adelaide area. He was a member of the Parliamentary Land Settlement Committee, and Libraries and Printing Committees.^[10]

He died suddenly at his Rosewater home in 1951 while still in office; he had been scheduled to be the main speaker at a Labor rally later that day.^[10] He was buried at Cheltenham Cemetery, and the Waterside Workers' Federation donated a new pulpit for Dale Street Central Mission Church in his honour.^[11]^[12]

He was married to Ada Grace; they had a son, Alfred J. G. Oates of Rosewater and a daughter Joan, Mrs. A McDonald of Rosewater Gardens. They lived at 38 Junction road. Rosewater.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Hon E. A. Oates|publisher=Parliament of South Australia|date=2011|url=http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/FormerMembers/Pages/default.aspx|accessdate=9 October 2011}} This ref contradicts age 63 given in Death Notices.
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45775711 |title=Sudden Death Of Mr. E. A. Oates. M.L.C. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=3 September 1951 |accessdate=20 November 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129702231 |title=WATERSIDE WORKERS |newspaper=News |volume=VII, |issue=1,001 |location=South Australia |date=28 September 1926 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |page=8 (HOME EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}
4. ^¹{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129279840 |title=STATE ELECTIONS WHO'S WHO IN FIGHT FOR CENTRAL DISTRICT No. 1 |newspaper=News |volume=XX, |issue=3,018 |location=South Australia |date=21 March 1933 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96673237 |title=WATERSIDE WORKERS' PICNIC AT GAWLER. |newspaper=Bunyip |issue=4,071 |location=South Australia |date=11 February 1927 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129148612 |title=EXPELLED FROM UNION |newspaper=News |volume=VIII, |issue=1,191 |location=South Australia |date=10 May 1927 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |page=1 (HOME EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130353006 |title=Letters to Editor |newspaper=The News |location=Adelaide |date=5 September 1951 |accessdate=21 November 2014 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129246673 |title=OFFENDED HIS UNION |newspaper=News |volume=VIII, |issue=1,169 |location=South Australia |date=13 April 1927 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |page=1 (HOME EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}
9. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41479505 |title=Majority of 12 on Re-count |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=14 April 1933 |accessdate=21 November 2014 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
10. ^¹{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45775711 |title=Sudden Death Of Mr. E. A. Oates. M.L.C. |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=94, |issue=28,984 |location=South Australia |date=3 September 1951 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
11. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45780696 |title=Parliamentary Tribute To Mr. Oates |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=94, |issue=28,985 |location=South Australia |date=4 September 1951 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
12. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45775821 |title=Watersiders' Gift Praised |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=94, |issue=29,048 |location=South Australia |date=16 November 1951 |accessdate=21 September 2018 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}