Date of Birth: 15/07/1885
Place of Birth: Woodburn, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 04/10/1968
Place of Death: Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Randwick |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Secretary for Lands |
22 Nov 1957 |
01 Apr 1959 |
1 year 4 months 11 days |
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| Minister Without Portfolio |
15 Mar 1956 |
22 Nov 1957 |
1 year 8 months 8 days |
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| Member for Randwick |
03 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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| Secretary for Mines |
01 Jul 1954 |
15 Mar 1956 |
1 year 8 months 15 days |
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| Minister Without Portfolio |
16 Sep 1953 |
01 Jul 1954 |
9 months 16 days |
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| Member for Randwick |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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| Member for Randwick |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Member for Randwick |
03 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years 20 days |
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| Member for Randwick |
27 May 1944 |
29 Mar 1947 |
2 years 10 months 3 days |
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| Member for Randwick |
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 |
05 Feb 1962 |
20 years 8 months 27 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in 1927; Liberal in 1966.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Master butcher and hotel proprieter. Educated at Lismore public school; worked at bush jobs from age 14; and in a warehouse in Sydney. Spent several years in South Africa; went to the Western Australian goldfields; returned to Sydney; established a chain of butcher shops. Acquired a string of racehorses and hotel property, including Hotel Gollan, Lismore; travelled overseas from 1924 until 1926, retired from active business in 1939; chairman of directors of New South Wales. Board of Equitable Probate and General Insurance Company Limited; director of Five Ways Theatres Limited; member of Australian Jockey Club in c.1918, life member; trustee of Randwick racecourse; helped establish Sydney Turf Club; deputy chairman of Prince Henry Hospital; councillor of University of New South Wales from 1953 until 1962
Honours Received
Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1962.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of John Gollan, farmer. Married Gertrude Pointing on 16 March 1910 and had issue, 1 son. Funeral at Northern Suburbs crematorium from St Stephens Presbyterian church in Macquarie Street, Sydney.
