Date of Birth: 16/03/1895
Place of Birth: Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 02/07/1959
Place of Death: Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
10 Aug 1943 |
02 Jul 1959 |
15 years 10 months 23 days |
A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 10 August 1943 and 31 March 1949. Casual vacancy – elected for balance of term of service of Hon. E.M. Mitchell, K.C., deceased. |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
24 Nov 1931 |
22 Apr 1934 |
2 years 4 months 30 days |
Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 23 November 1931 |
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of central executive 1939 - 1943, returning officer 1952 - 1957, delegate to federal conference.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Clerk and union secretary. Educated at Christian Brothers' College, Balmain; employed as a clerk by Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage Employees' Association 1915 - 1928, appointed as an organiser in 1928, assistant secretary 1929 - 1943, secretary 1955 - 1959; returning officer for the Trades and Labor Council and the Australian Council of Trade Unions; various offices New South Wales and Balmain Rugby Leagues 1914 - 1943, chairman of management committee 1937 -1938, team manager in New Zealand, England., France 1937 - 1938; trustee of Sydney Cricket Ground 1958 - 1959.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of William Savage, seaman and Irish migrant, and Mary McCarthy. Married Philomena Meany on 22 April 1935 and had issue, 2 daughters. Roman Catholic. Funeral at Northern Suburbs cemetery from St Michael's Roman Catholic church at Longueville.
