Date of Birth: 07/06/1869
Place of Birth: Andersons Creek, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 19/04/1957
Place of Death: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Minister for Health |
17 Jun 1931 |
13 May 1932 |
10 months 27 days |
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| Assistant Minister for Labour and Industry |
04 Nov 1930 |
17 Jun 1931 |
7 months 14 days |
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| Member for Granville |
25 Oct 1930 |
18 May 1932 |
1 year 6 months 24 days |
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| Member for Granville |
08 Oct 1927 |
18 Sep 1930 |
2 years 11 months 11 days |
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| Member for Parramatta |
30 May 1925 |
07 Sep 1927 |
2 years 3 months 9 days |
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| Member for Parramatta |
20 Mar 1920 |
17 Feb 1922 |
1 year 10 months 29 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
20 Mar 1920 |
18 May 1932 |
12 years 1 month 29 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in Victoria secretary of Parramatta / Harris Park branches, member of central executive from 1923 until 1924.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Journalist. Worked on staff of the Melbourne Age; reported in federal conventions in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide from 1897 until 1898 and some of the earliest meetings of the Commonwealth Parliament; appointed in Sydney and was a representative of The Age c.1905; proprieter, with Frank Walford in 1912 and with Mary Bertha Lang in 1918, of Cumberland Times, Parramatta; president of New South Wales district in 1912; later became a poultry farmer; member of Australian Industrial Christian Fellowship in 1923.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Joshua Ely, bootmaker, and Charlotte Hussey. Married Louise Harvey and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Bequeathed his body to the University of Sydney.
