Date of Birth: 16/06/1885
Place of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date of Death: 31/08/1970
Place of Death: Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Member for Albury |
03 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 29 days |
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Member for Albury |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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Member for Albury |
03 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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Member for Albury |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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Member for Albury |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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Member for Albury |
03 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years 20 days |
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Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
03 May 1947 |
31 Mar 1965 |
17 years 10 months 29 days |
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Political Party Activity
Elected with Liberal and Country Party endorsement. Joined Liberal Party.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Woolclasser and farmer. Educated at Prince Alfred College at Bridgewater, South Australia; worked for some time on land in South Australia.; came to Albury as a woolclasser with shearing contractors, managed a wool scour at Botany in Sydney, then at Albury; purchased a wheat and sheep property near Albury; coroner 1939 - 1947; foundation president of Murray Valley Development League 1944 - 1950, chairman of Upper Murray Regional Planning Committee 1945 - 1950; member of Albury Land Board 1941 - 1947; chairman of Albury Repatriation Committee; member of New South Wales Ambulance Transport Service Board, New South Wales Forestry Advisory Council and Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee; director of Albury Base Hospital; president of Albury Parents and Citizens' Association; president of Comforts Fund; Freemason.
Honours Received
Officer Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1966
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Albury 1930 - 1947, Mayor 1939 - 1945.
Personal
Son of John Waterhouse, clerk, and Elizabeth Todd. Married Bertha Elizabeth Scholz on 26 June 1912 and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Methodist. Funeral at Albury cemetery from Methodist church.