Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Mon 23 April 1934 | Fri 26 November 1937 | 3 years 7 months 4 days | A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 5 December 1933. A Member before reconstitution. |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Thu 07 December 1916 | Sun 22 April 1934 | 17 years 4 months 16 days | Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 7 December 1916 |
Biography
Political party activity
Endorsed by Liberal and Farmers and Settlers' Association 1910, became an influential member of Progressive and Country parties, councillor 1919 - 1937, chairman 1919 - 1921, 1925 - 1937.
Community activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1908.
Local Government activity
Councillor at Urana Shire 1907 - 1915, president 1908, 1912, 1915; member of Shires Association, vice president 1910 - 1912, president 1915, member of Shires and Municipal Wages Board 1913.
Honours Received
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1936
Personal information
Son of Samuel Trethowan, auctioneer, and Charlotte King. Married Jane Alice Manifold on 9 November 1886 and had issue, 3 daughters and 8 sons. Church of England. Funeral at Dubbo Cemetery from Holy Trinity Church.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Farmer and grazier and co-operative manager. Educated at Creswick Grammar School; joined father as an auctioneer at Numurkah, Victoria; selected land at Berrigan c.1898 and grew wheat; later purchased Clear Hills Station, Oaklands, also grazing properties in the Upper Hunter and Dubbo districts; secretary of Clear Hills branch of Farmers and Settlers' Association, councillor 1909 - 1911, vice president 1911 - 1916, 1920 - 1930, president 1916 - 1920, treasurer 1930 -1937; founded Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative, Grain, Insurance and Agency Co-operative Limited, managing director 1917 - 1937; also managing director of Producers and Citizens' Assurance Company and Land newspaper; chairman of Australian Farmers' Federated Organisation; secretary of Clear Hills Railway League and Progress Association; councillor of Commonwealth Bureau of Commerce and Industry; noted shot and cricketer in youth.