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Mr Charles Edward BENNETT (1894 - 1968)

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Date of Birth: 05/03/1894
Place of Birth: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 03/09/1968
Place of Death: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Gloucester 26 Mar 1938 18 Apr 1941 3 years 24 days
Member for Gloucester 18 Apr 1935 24 Feb 1938 2 years 10 months 7 days
Member for Gloucester 25 Aug 1934 17 Apr 1935 7 months 24 days By-election – elected for balance of term of R. A. Price
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 25 Aug 1934 18 Apr 1941 6 years 7 months 25 days
Political Party Activity
United Australia Party (UAP).
Community Activity
Foundation president of Dungog Historical Society; first secretary and later president of the Dungog and Barrington Tops Tourist League; secretary of the cricket club, president of racing and rugby clubs; Rotarian.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Newspaperman. Educated in a convent school and H.S Crowther's Durham College at Dungog, Fort Street Model School Sydney, and University of Sydney., BA 1916; took over from father as editor of the 'Dungog Chronicle' from 1917 until 1958, when handed management to sons; Dungog correspondent for Newcastle Morning Herald; Chairman of Dungog Hospital Board from 1930 until 1963; secretary of the Australian Racing Association from 1922 until 1932;
Military Service
Honours Received
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1966
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
4th son of Walter Bennett. Married Zara Mulvogue on 1 February 1921 and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Roman Catholic.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.