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Mr Arthur TONGE (1887 - 1963)

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Date of Birth: 18/12/1887
Place of Birth: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 02/06/1963
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Canterbury 21 Mar 1959 05 Feb 1962 2 years 10 months 16 days
Member for Canterbury 03 Mar 1956 16 Feb 1959 2 years 11 months 14 days
Member for Canterbury 14 Feb 1953 06 Feb 1956 2 years 11 months 24 days
Member for Canterbury 17 Jun 1950 14 Jan 1953 2 years 6 months 29 days
Member for Canterbury 03 May 1947 22 May 1950 3 years 20 days
Member for Canterbury 27 May 1944 29 Mar 1947 2 years 10 months 3 days
Member for Canterbury 10 May 1941 24 Apr 1944 2 years 11 months 15 days
Member for Canterbury 26 Mar 1938 18 Apr 1941 3 years 24 days
Member for Canterbury 11 May 1935 24 Feb 1938 2 years 9 months 14 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 11 May 1935 05 Feb 1962 26 years 8 months 26 days
Member for Canterbury 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1 year 6 months 24 days
Member for Canterbury 08 Oct 1927 18 Sep 1930 2 years 11 months 11 days
Member for North Shore 22 Sep 1926 07 Sep 1927 11 months 17 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 22 Sep 1926 18 May 1932 5 years 7 months 27 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party ( ALP) (Non Communist) 1940, Secretary of Parliamentary Party 1959 - 1962, last preselection for 1962.
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Clerk and union organiser. Newspaper clerk; member of newspapers' section and organising secretary of Federated Clerks' Union 1920 - 1926; member of Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals from 1918, president from 1954 - 1961, honorary life governor in 1961; director of Sydney Hospital 1942 - 1963.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Thomas Tonge, broker, and Julia Sullivan. Married Anne Corrigan on 15 June 1915. Roman Catholic funeral at Botany cemetery.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.