Date of Birth: 14/09/1903
Place of Birth: Australia
Date of Death: 17/07/1987
Place of Death: Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
23 Apr 1949 |
22 Apr 1973 |
24 years |
A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 – 1978. Dates of Election 31 March 1949, 6 March 1961. Granted retention of title of 'Honourable' for life. |
Political Party Activity
Liberal Party. Foundation member and President of the Balmoral Branch. Member of Mosman state and Warringah federal electorate conferences; and state councillor.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Engineer. Educated at the Royal Melbourne Technical College and the University of Sydney. Obtained a Diploma in Public Administration, in 1944. Qualifications of Member of the Institution of Engineers (Australia), Chartered Engineer (Australia), Fellow of Institute of Engineers, Australia, and of New Zealand; Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Administration. Was a rural development engineer for the Public Works Department. Subsequently worked for the British Houston Company; was an executive of the Electric Light and Power Supply Corporation, 1949; and Director of the Hawkesbury Development Company Limited, electricity supply authority, from 1964 until 1965. He wrote 'Enlarging Our Powers of Self-Government', published in 1951.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Married Bertha Wilhelmina Prismall on 8 August 1938 and had issue, 2 sons.
Additional Information
Who's Who in Australia, 1950-74;
Australian Liberal (Sydney), October 1958, 8;
Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 1947, 8f; 3 November 1950, 4e.
