| 词条 | William Gibson (Australian politician) |
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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable | name = William Gibson | honorific-suffix = | image = William Gerrand Gibson.jpg | constituency_MP = Corangamite | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor1 = Chester Manifold | successor1 = Richard Crouch | term_start1 = 14 December 1918 | term_end1 = 12 October 1929 | predecessor2 = Richard Crouch | successor2 = Geoffrey Street | term_start2 = 19 December 1931 | term_end2 = 7 August 1934 | office3 = Senator for Victoria | term_start3 = 1 July 1935 | term_end3 = 30 June 1947 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1869|5|19}} | birth_place = Gisborne, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1955|5|22|1869|5|19}} | death_place = Lismore, Victoria | nationality = Australian | spouse =Mary Helen Young Patterson | party = Australian Country Party | relations = David Gibson (brother) | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = Farmer | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} William Gerrand Gibson (19 May 1869 – 22 May 1955) was an Australian politician. Gibson was born in Gisborne, Victoria and helped his father on his farm before operating general stores at Romsey and Lancefield. In November 1896, he married Mary Helen Young Patterson and in 1910 bought a large farm near Lismore.[1] Political careerIn 1916, Victorian farmers became suspicious of price-fixing of the price of wheat under the War Precautions Act and established the Victorian Farmers' Union in response and Gibson was elected secretary of its Lismore branch. His brother, David Havelock (Harvey), won the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Grenville for the union in 1917. At a 1918 by-election, he won the federal seat of Corangamite for the Farmers' Union, defeating James Scullin on preferences. It was the first win for what would become the Country Party, which was formed later in 1921 from the merger of the Farmers Union and several kindred parties. He successfully pressed for regulated wheat and dairy prices to be raised until the abolition of price controls in 1921. He was Postmaster-General from 1923 to 1929, and encouraged the construction of telephone lines, the extension of roadside mail deliveries and the building of post offices in country districts. He also encouraged the development of radio broadcasting. In 1928, he was appointed Minister for Works and Railways, as well.[1] Gibson was defeated with the Bruce-Page government at the 1929 elections and returned to farming. He won Corangamite back at the 1931 elections, but Joseph Lyons did not offer him a place in the ministry. At the 1934 elections, he was elected to the Senate and he remained a senator until he retired in 1947.[1] Gibson died at Lismore, survived by a son and daughter. His wife and another daughter had already died.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Lomas |first=L. |authorlink= |year=1981|id=A080671b|title= Gibson, William Gerrand (1869–1955)|accessdate=9 November 2007}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|au}}{{succession box|before=Chester Manifold |title=Member for Corangamite|years=1918–1929 |after=Richard Crouch}}{{succession box|before=Richard Crouch |title=Member for Corangamite|years=1931–1934 |after=Geoffrey Street}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef| before = Alexander Poynton }}{{s-ttl| title = Postmaster-General| years = 1923–1929 }}{{s-aft| rows = 2 | after = Joseph Lyons }}{{s-bef| before = William Hill }}{{s-ttl| title = Minister for Works and Railways | years = 1928–1929 }}{{S-ppo}}{{S-bef| before=William Fleming }}{{S-ttl| title=Deputy Leader of the Country Party of Australia | years=1923–1929}}{{S-aft| after=Thomas Paterson }}{{S-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, William Gerrand}} 10 : National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia|Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Corangamite|Members of the Australian House of Representatives|Members of the Australian Senate|Members of the Australian Senate for Victoria|1869 births|1955 deaths|Members of the Cabinet of Australia|People from Gisborne, Victoria|20th-century Australian politicians |
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