Date of Birth: 26/04/1903
Place of Birth: Flemington, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 04/07/1956
Place of Death: Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Dulwich Hill |
14 Feb 1953 |
25 Mar 1953 |
1 month 12 days |
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| Acting Minister for Transport |
03 Nov 1952 |
29 Dec 1952 |
1 month 27 days |
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| Minister Without Portfolio |
03 Nov 1952 |
23 Feb 1953 |
3 months 21 days |
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| Member for Dulwich Hill |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Member for Dulwich Hill |
03 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years 20 days |
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| Minister for Conservation |
09 May 1946 |
03 Nov 1952 |
6 years 5 months 26 days |
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| Assistant Minister |
25 Feb 1946 |
09 May 1946 |
2 months 15 days |
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| Member for Dulwich Hill |
27 May 1944 |
29 Mar 1947 |
2 years 10 months 3 days |
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| Member for Dulwich Hill |
10 May 1941 |
24 Apr 1944 |
2 years 11 months 15 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
10 May 1941 |
25 Mar 1953 |
11 years 10 months 16 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (barrister). Educated at Burwood Public School, Parramatta High School, and University of Sydney LLB 1926; entered public service, became a junior clerk in Crown Solicitor's Office 1920-1927; admitted to Bar in 1926; became a conveyancing clerk in Public Trustees Office 1927-1933, chief clerk, Probates Office 1933-1939, resigned from Public Service to go to the Bar; appointed to the New South Wales Industrial Commission in 1953, chairman of Crown Employees Appeal Board 1953-1956; member of Public Service Association, New South Wales president 1936-1939; president of Australian Public Service Federation 1937-1939; lecturer at Henry Lawson College; chairman of directors of Association of Co-operative Building Societies 1943-1946; chairman of several building societies; president of Men of The Land Society 1954; director of Prince Henry Hospital; Freemason.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of George Weir, telegraphist, and Alice Ada Evans. Married Elsie Rose Gentle on 24 March 1928 and had issue, 2 sons. Church of England. Funeral at Church of England cemetery, Rookwood.
Additional Information
George Weir, '50 years of labor in politics' (Sydney, 1945 (?) );
George Weir and Roland Hastings, 'Probate law and practice: being the Wills,
Probate and Administrative Act 1892 - 1938 - NSW ...' (Sydney, 1939)
