Date of Birth: 01/01/1872
Place of Birth: Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 17/04/1944
Place of Death: Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Oxley |
26 Mar 1938 |
18 Apr 1941 |
3 years 24 days |
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| Member for Oxley |
11 May 1935 |
24 Feb 1938 |
2 years 9 months 14 days |
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| Minister of Justice |
18 Jun 1932 |
16 Aug 1939 |
7 years 1 month 30 days |
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| Secretary for Public Works and Minister for Local Government |
18 Jun 1932 |
16 Aug 1939 |
7 years 1 month 30 days |
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| Member for Oxley |
11 Jun 1932 |
12 Apr 1935 |
2 years 10 months 2 days |
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| Member for Oxley |
25 Oct 1930 |
18 May 1932 |
1 year 6 months 24 days |
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| Member for Oxley |
08 Oct 1927 |
18 Sep 1930 |
2 years 11 months 11 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
08 Oct 1927 |
18 Apr 1941 |
13 years 6 months 11 days |
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Political Party Activity
Liberal Party. Councillor from 1913 until 1918; stood as Progressive in 1922; National and United Australia Party councillor, vice president from 1932 until 1942.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (solicitor). Came to New South Wales at an early age; articled to C.Way in 1889, assigned to C.R.A Smith in 1893; University of Sydney obtained a BA in 1893 and LLB in 1895; admitted as a solicitor in 1895, practised in Taree; owned dairying and grazing properties near Taree with his sons; member of Farmers and Settlers' Association in 1911; fellow of Senate of University of Sydney from 1937 until 1941.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Taree from 1906 until 1928, Mayor from 1911 until 1913, 1920 until 1921.
Personal
Son of Robert Martin, miner, later became a Church of England Minister and Antoinette Laura Ormsby. Married Lucy Danvers in 1900 and had issue, 1 daughter and 7 sons. Church of England. Funeral at Northern suburbs crematorium from St James Church of England, King Street.
