Text from the book: 'The Presiding Officers of the Parliament of New South Wales', Sydney, 1995 Harry Budd was on born 18 February 1900 at Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. He married Colina McDonald on 25 January 1930 and they had two sons and two daughters. Before entering political life Harry Budd had quite a notable background in newspaper journalism. He first began reporting for the Tweed Daily, acting as editor from 1921 until 1923 when he accepted the opportunity to write for the Daily Telegraph in Sydney. It was during that period that Budd had his first professional contact with Parliament House as a reporter in the Press Gallery. From 1931 until 1971 he was the managing editor of the Land, a leading agricultural newspaper that continues to deal with rural issues and concerns. Between 1958 and 1976 he was director of Country Television Services Ltd. Budd's father Arthur Eames Budd was the State Member for Byron from 1923 until 1944. Harry Budd followed his father's example and joined the Country Party. He entered the Legislative Council in 1946 and was quickly selected to become the Country Party's leader in the upper house. He used his political prominence to champion the interests of the rural community throughout New South Wales. Budd was an out spoken advocate of decentralised commodity pricing and he favoured a system of efficiently organised industry marketing to promote rural produce. From 1966 until his retirement in 1978 Harry Budd was President of the Legislative Council. His long association with the Parliament enabled him to uphold the conventions and protocol of the Chamber. He was particularly active in promoting discussion on the administration of Australian Parliaments and over a number of years he gave several important papers at Presiding Officers and Clerks Conferences. He spoke on a diverse range of subjects from the role of the press in Parliament, to the rules of sub judice and the power to expel Members from Parliament. He died on 8 March 1979.