词条 | Harry Edmonds |
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Ernest Harry Edmonds (28 August 1883 – 8 April 1962),[1] always referred to as "Harry Edmonds" or E. H. Edmonds, was a politician in South Australia. HistoryHarry Edmonds was born at McLean & Barker's[2] Comongin Station, near Quilpie, Queensland, the only son of John Hinton Edmonds (ca.1846 – 23 January 1889) and Mary Louisa Edmonds née Puplett ( – ), and educated at Pulteney Street School.[3] He was a share-farmer at Cowell then moved to Pygery 1917 where he was a farmer and grazier.[3] He was appointed J.P. in 1928, and was a councillor in the LeHunte District Council, and its chairman in 1932. He was Chairman of the Central Eyre Peninsula Hospital board in 1937. In 1944 he was elected to a Northern district seat on the Legislative Council for the Liberal and Country League. He retired from farming to Adelaide, living at 12 Allen Avenue, Brooklyn Park,[4] and held the seat in Parliament until February 1962, when he retired. He died in hospital two months later. FamilyHe married Mabel Jane Haines (ca.1883 – 12 September 1946) daughter of George Haines (ca.1844 – 23 July 1930) on 13 April 1910. They had one daughter and three sons:
He married again, to Ellen "Nell" Baird on 28 March 1950. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/FormerMembers/Pages/default.aspx|title= Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia|accessdate=3 December 2014}} 2. ^Donald McLean, William Pitt Barker, John Barker, and Mrs. Agnes May Chambers of South Australia 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92807861 |title=Out Among The People. |newspaper=The Chronicle |location=Adelaide |date=2 November 1944 |accessdate=3 December 2014 |page=35 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^1 Who's Who in Australia 1950 External links
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