Date of Birth: 23/02/1926
Place of Birth: Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 02/11/1988
Place of Death: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Wallsend |
19 Mar 1988 |
01 Nov 1988 |
7 months 14 days |
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| Member for Wallsend |
24 Mar 1984 |
22 Feb 1988 |
3 years 10 months 30 days |
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| Treasurer |
02 Oct 1981 |
25 Mar 1988 |
6 years 5 months 24 days |
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| Member for Wallsend |
19 Sep 1981 |
05 May 1984 |
2 years 7 months 17 days |
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| Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Tourism and Assistant Treasurer |
29 Feb 1980 |
02 Oct 1981 |
1 year 7 months 4 days |
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| Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister for Tourism |
19 Oct 1978 |
29 Feb 1980 |
1 year 4 months 11 days |
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| Member for Wallsend |
07 Oct 1978 |
28 Aug 1981 |
2 years 10 months 22 days |
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| Acting Minister for Public Works and Minister for Ports |
22 May 1978 |
19 Jun 1978 |
29 days |
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| Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister for Tourism |
14 May 1976 |
19 Oct 1978 |
2 years 5 months 6 days |
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| Member for Wallsend |
01 May 1976 |
12 Sep 1978 |
2 years 4 months 13 days |
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| Member for Wallsend |
17 Nov 1973 |
02 Apr 1976 |
2 years 4 months 17 days |
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| Member for Wallsend |
13 Feb 1971 |
19 Oct 1973 |
2 years 8 months 7 days |
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| Member for Wallsend |
24 Feb 1968 |
13 Jan 1971 |
2 years 10 months 21 days |
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| Member for Kurri Kurri |
05 Apr 1965 |
23 Jan 1968 |
2 years 9 months 19 days |
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| Member for Kurri Kurri |
09 Feb 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 1 month 23 days |
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| Member for Kurri Kurri |
08 Oct 1960 |
05 Feb 1962 |
1 year 3 months 29 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
08 Oct 1960 |
01 Nov 1988 |
28 years 25 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined the party at age 17.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
School Teacher. Educated at Kurri Kurri Primary School, Maitland Boys High School and Armidale and Sydney Teacher's College. Teacher at Cessnock High School and National Fitness and physical education adviser at Riverina from 1949 until 1950. Lecturer Sydney Teacher's College from in 1951. Welfare Officer, Newcastle Technical College and Newcastle University College from 1952 until 1960. Councillor at University of New South Wales from 1962 until 1965. Secretary of Newcastle Cricket Association from 1958 until 1960 and delegate to New South Wales Cricket Association. Recreational interests include swimming, walking rugby league and basketball.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of George Booth, also a Member of the Legislative Assembly, and his wife Annie Payne. Married (1) Irene Marshall on 23 January 1954 and had issue 1 daughter. Widowered on 13 August 1979. Married (2) Gail Mathieson on 22 February 1982.
Additional Information
Photographs in the PICMAN Database.
Electorate description: Residential suburban and industrial. Located within
Hunter Statistical Agricultural Sub-Division. Principal suburbs: Birmingham
Gardens, Cardiff, Kotara, New Lambton, Wallsend.
Area: 50.6 sq km Population: 46,510 Enrolment: 33,599
