Date of Birth: 17/07/1917
Place of Birth: Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 07/06/2006
Place of Death: Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Minister for Environment Control |
17 Jan 1973 |
03 Dec 1973 |
10 months 17 days |
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| Minister for Environment Control |
11 Mar 1971 |
17 Jan 1973 |
1 year 10 months 7 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
13 Feb 1971 |
19 Oct 1973 |
2 years 8 months 7 days |
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| Minister for Conservation |
11 Feb 1969 |
11 Mar 1971 |
2 years 1 month 1 day |
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| Minister for Conservation |
05 Mar 1968 |
11 Feb 1969 |
11 months 7 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
24 Feb 1968 |
13 Jan 1971 |
2 years 10 months 21 days |
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| Minister for Conservation |
13 May 1965 |
05 Mar 1968 |
2 years 9 months 22 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
01 May 1965 |
23 Jan 1968 |
2 years 8 months 24 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
03 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 29 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
03 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
03 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years 20 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
27 May 1944 |
29 Mar 1947 |
2 years 10 months 3 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
14 Nov 1942 |
24 Apr 1944 |
1 year 5 months 11 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
14 Nov 1942 |
19 Oct 1973 |
30 years 11 months 6 days |
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Political Party Activity
Independent. Liberal Party (joined 1948).
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Chartered Engineer. Educated at public schools and Sydney Technical College. ME, ASTC Mech Eng., (FIE) Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Australia. Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE), Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (MASME), Member of the American Society Engineers (MASAE); engineer on munition works from 1941 until 1942, honorary lecturer of the Air Force reserve, consulting engineer from 1942. Member of Nowra and Bega Districts War Agricultural Committees from 1942 until 1946; director of New Brighton Hotel (Kiama) Pty Ltd, Australian Fishing Industries Limited from 1946 until 1947; managing director of Ames Irrigation Pty Ltd in 1953; director of Talcott Factors Limited from 1959 until 1967; managing director of Springs Pty Ltd, Rain Spray Sprinklers Pty Ltd, and Fluid Energy Systems Pty Ltd; chairman of the Hydroco Consortium; and founder and chairman of the Water Research Foundation of Australia 1955 - 2005. President of the Australian Irrigation Development Association. Recreational interests included swimming, tennis and football. In 1965 he earned a Master of Engineering degree from the University of New South Wales with a thesis on irrigation efficiency; and he received an Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) from the Australian National University in 1999. The Australian National University established the Jack Beale Chair of water Resources in 1989 and the University of New South Wales established an annual environmental lecture series in his name.
Honours Received
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 1999
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Rupert Noel Beale, also a Member of the Legislative Assembly, and his wife Esther Green. Married (1) Pamela Wallis in 1942 and had issue, 2 sons. Married (2) Stephania Toth-Dobranski on 9 September 1958. Church of England.
Additional Information
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Jack
Gordon Beale - Biographical notes. (MLDOC 2173)
