Date of Birth: 01/01/1866
Place of Birth: Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 08/04/1938
Place of Death: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Printing Committee No.6 |
06 Aug 1913 |
15 Oct 1913 |
2 months 10 days |
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| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 |
29 Jul 1913 |
15 Oct 1913 |
2 months 17 days |
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| Seizure of Timber, Plant &c. and Prosecution of James Ambrose Taylor Committee No.13 |
15 Oct 1912 |
04 Dec 1912 |
1 month 20 days |
Chairman |
| Printing Committee No.6 |
07 Aug 1912 |
04 Dec 1912 |
3 months 28 days |
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| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 |
31 Jul 1912 |
05 Dec 1912 |
4 months 5 days |
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| Operations of the Australian Jockey Club Committee No.22 |
20 Feb 1912 |
28 Mar 1912 |
1 month 9 days |
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| Printing Committee No.6 |
12 Sep 1911 |
27 Mar 1911 |
0 days |
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| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 |
30 Aug 1911 |
03 Oct 1911 |
1 month 4 days |
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| Operations of the Australian Jockey Club Committee No.8 |
13 Jun 1911 |
01 Aug 1911 |
1 month 20 days |
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| Printing Committee No.6 |
30 May 1911 |
13 Jul 1911 |
1 month 14 days |
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| Standing Orders Committee No.3 |
30 May 1911 |
01 Aug 1911 |
2 months 3 days |
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| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 |
16 May 1911 |
01 Aug 1911 |
2 months 17 days |
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| Printing Committee No.6 |
30 Nov 1910 |
23 Dec 1910 |
24 days |
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| Printing Committee No.6 |
30 Nov 1910 |
23 Dec 1910 |
24 days |
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| Standing Orders Committee No.3 |
30 Nov 1910 |
23 Dec 1910 |
24 days |
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| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 |
24 Nov 1910 |
23 Dec 1910 |
1 month |
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| Member for Gwydir |
14 Oct 1910 |
06 Nov 1913 |
3 years 24 days |
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| Printing Committee No.6 |
28 Jun 1910 |
19 Aug 1910 |
1 month 23 days |
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| Printing Committee No.6 |
14 Jul 1909 |
17 Dec 1909 |
5 months 4 days |
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| Printing Committee No.6 |
05 Aug 1908 |
18 Dec 1908 |
4 months 14 days |
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| Printing Committee No.5 |
13 Mar 1908 |
10 Apr 1908 |
29 days |
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| Printing Committee No.4 |
24 Oct 1907 |
19 Dec 1907 |
1 month 26 days |
Chairman |
| Member for Gwydir |
10 Sep 1907 |
14 Sep 1910 |
3 years 5 days |
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| Grain Elevators Committee No.10 |
20 Sep 1906 |
13 Dec 1906 |
2 months 24 days |
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| Drummoyne Municipal Lands Sale Bill Committee No.21 |
03 Nov 1905 |
04 Dec 1905 |
1 month 2 days |
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| Dairying Industry Committee No.7 |
04 Jul 1905 |
30 Nov 1905 |
4 months 27 days |
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| Member for Gwydir |
06 Aug 1904 |
19 Aug 1907 |
3 years 14 days |
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| Member for Inverell |
31 May 1902 |
16 Jul 1904 |
2 years 1 month 16 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
31 May 1902 |
06 Nov 1913 |
11 years 5 months 7 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Secretary. Political Labor League from 1898 until 1902, member of central executive from 1903 until 1905, delegated to federal conference in 1900.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Printer. Spent childhood on a farm; learnt printing trade in Inverell; had an interest in Moree News from 1905 until 1913; came to Sydney and worked on the Globe and Sunday Times, with Australian Star in 1902; established an estate agency in Sydney in partnership with J.P Osborne in 1912 without much success, after defeat in 1913 started a printing business; president of Typographical Association from 1897 until 1901, president of Printing Trades Federal Council; president of the Trades and Labor Council (TLC); teetotaller; Freemason.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Robert Bevan, schoolmaster, and Helen Moore. Married Frances Louisa Durnford in c.1891 at Surry Hills and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Church of England. Funeral at Rookwood crematorium with Church of England rites.
