Date of Birth: 26/07/1896
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 29/09/1965
Place of Death: West Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Member for Oxley |
01 May 1965 |
29 Sep 1965 |
4 months 30 days |
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Member for Oxley |
23 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 9 days |
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Member for Oxley |
01 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 11 months 8 days |
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Member for Oxley |
13 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 4 days |
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Member for Oxley |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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Member for Oxley |
07 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 7 months 8 days |
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Member for Oxley |
23 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years |
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Member for Oxley |
07 May 1944 |
29 Mar 1947 |
2 years 10 months 23 days |
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Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
07 May 1944 |
29 Sep 1965 |
21 years 4 months 23 days |
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Political Party Activity
Country Party. Joined Liberal Party in July 1959.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Real estate agent. Lawyer (barrister). Educated in a country school; spent youth on dairy farms near Dorrigo and Bellingen; estate agent; studied law at University of Sydney, LLB in 1935, called to New South Wales Bar in 1936, entered Queensland Bar in 1950; overseas tour in c.1960.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Ryde from 1935 until 1937, councillor at Manning Shire Council from 1951 until 1956, president from 1951 until 1956.
Personal
Son of Frederick Jordan, brick burner, and his wife Eliza Williams. Married Ella Florence Winkley on 23 March 1921 and they had 1 daughter. Church of England. Funeral at Northern Suburbs crematorium from St Columb's Church of England at West Ryde.