| 词条 | Edward Meagher |
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Edward Raymond Meagher {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE|ED}} (22 November 1908 – 31 May 1988) was an Australian politician. BackgroundHe was born in Brunswick to storeman Edward Roden Meagher and Florence May Williams. He attended Melbourne Technical College, and from 1933 to 1948 was a municipal officer for Brunswick City Council. On 9 September 1939 he married Winifred Jean Hard; they had one son. After World War II Meagher briefly ran a newsagency, milk bar and grocery in the Melbourne suburb of Beaumaris, Victoria.[1] Army CareerOn May 2nd 1940, Meagher was appointed as a captain in the Australian Imperial force. By October of that year he had been promoted to the rank of Major.[2] He served in Syria and Java in World War II before his capture, after which he was a prisoner of war working on the Burma Railway (1942–45). He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and awarded the Efficiency Decoration for his service. Political careerIn 1955 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal and Country Party member for Mentone (he would transfer to Frankston in 1967). From 1956 to 1958 he was government whip, and from 1958 to 1961 secretary to the cabinet. In 1961 he entered the ministry, but was not given a portfolio. He held the portfolios of Immigration (1962), Transport (1962–67), Housing (1967–72), Forests (1967–73), Aboriginal Affairs (1967–72), and Transport again (1973–76). He retired from politics in 1976, in which year he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire. ControversyMeagher, who always positioned himself to the right of the Liberal Party, once famously said: "I didn't get filled full of bullet holes on the Byrma Railyway to see a bunch of socialists take over this country".[3] DeathMeagher died in Frankston, Victoria on the 31st of May, 1988.[4] He was survived by his son. References1. ^{{Cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meagher-edward-raymond-14958|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Rodan|first=P. K.|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|location=Canberra}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|au-vic-la}}{{s-bef|before=George White}}{{s-ttl|title=Member for Mentone | years=1955–1967}}{{s-aft|after=Bill Templeton}}{{s-new|seat}}{{s-ttl|title=Member for Frankston | years=1967–1976}}{{s-aft|after=Graeme Weideman}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Meagher, Norman}}2. ^{{Cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meagher-edward-raymond-14958|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Rodan|first=P. K.|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|location=Canberra}} 3. ^{{Cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meagher-edward-raymond-14958|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Rodan|first=P. K.|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|location=Canberra}} 4. ^{{cite web | last = Parliament of Victoria | first = | authorlink = Parliament of Victoria | coauthors = | title = Meagher, Edward Raymond | work = re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851 | publisher = Parliament of Victoria | date = 2001 | url = http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1318 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 14 November 2015}} 6 : 1908 births|1988 deaths|Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria|Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly|Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Burma Railway prisoners |
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