Date of Birth: 10/11/1902
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ireland
Date of Death: 10/07/1989
Place of Death: Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Bondi |
01 May 1965 |
23 Sep 1965 |
4 months 24 days |
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| Minister for Housing and Minister for Co-operative Societies |
14 Mar 1962 |
13 May 1965 |
3 years 2 months |
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| Member for Bondi |
03 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 29 days |
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| Minister for Housing and Minister for Co-operative Societies |
01 Apr 1959 |
14 Mar 1962 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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| Member for Bondi |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Minister for Housing |
15 Mar 1956 |
01 Apr 1959 |
3 years 18 days |
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| Member for Bondi |
03 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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| Minister for Labour and Industry and Minister for Social Welfare |
23 Feb 1953 |
15 Mar 1956 |
3 years 22 days |
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| Member for Bondi |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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| Member for Bondi |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Member for Bondi |
03 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years 20 days |
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| Member for Bondi |
27 May 1944 |
29 Mar 1947 |
2 years 10 months 3 days |
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| Member for Bondi |
10 May 1941 |
24 Apr 1944 |
2 years 11 months 15 days |
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| Member for Bondi |
25 Oct 1930 |
18 May 1932 |
1 year 6 months 24 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
25 Oct 1930 |
23 Sep 1965 |
34 years 10 months 30 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in 1919, president of Paddington Branch, member of central executive from 1944 until 1945. Expelled in 1965 for resigning from seat without permission to become Agent General.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (solicitor). Arrived in New South Wales in c.1910 with widowed mother and three younger children; educated at Christian Brothers, Waverley; sold newspapers while at college; won a bursary to University of Sydney., LLB in 1927; admitted as a solicitor in 1927, partner in Landa and Lamaro in 1934. Abram Landa and Company from 1950, practice mainly in Workers' Compensation; Notary Public; executive member of Federated Clerks' Union before election to Parliament; government nominee on Senate of University of Sydney from 1943 until 1966; trustee of Public Library of New South Wales from 1942 until 1966; director of Eastern Suburbs Hospital; Agent-General for New South Wales in London from 1965 until 1970; member of Australian Jewish Historical Society in 1949; president of Young Men's Hebrew Association; adviser to H.V Evatt at Lake Success United Nations.
Honours Received
Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1968
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of David Landa and Annie Shuvalk. Married Perla Hannah Levy on 10 April 1930 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son.
Additional Information
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales:
Abram Landa - papers, 1941 - 1983 (MLMSS 5473) [ADD-ON 2116] ; photographs in
the PICMAN Database.
