Date of Birth: 01/01/1904
Place of Birth: Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 16/08/1981
Place of Death: Miranda, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Sutherland |
01 May 1965 |
23 Jan 1968 |
2 years 8 months 24 days |
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| Member for Sutherland |
03 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 29 days |
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| Member for Sutherland |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Member for Sutherland |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
14 Feb 1953 |
23 Jan 1968 |
14 years 11 months 10 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Railwayman. Educated in country schools, shed hand and shearer; joined construction section, Railway Department in 1922, timberman, powderman and ganger; organiser for City Construction and Permanent Way section of Australian Workers Union from 1935 until 1945, vice president of New South Wales branch in 1939; ganger from 1945 until 1953; operated a taxi truck after Parliamentary defeat; member of overseas trade delegation in 1963.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of George Henry Dalton, teamster, and Mary Grintell. Married Edna Fahey, compositor, on 21 February 1922 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Brother of Christopher Alfred Dalton (q.v).
