Date of Birth: 19/01/1897
Place of Birth: Lake Albert near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 13/11/1957
Place of Death: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production |
15 Mar 1956 |
13 Nov 1957 |
1 year 7 months 30 days |
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| Member for Wagga Wagga |
03 Mar 1956 |
13 Nov 1957 |
1 year 8 months 11 days |
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| Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production |
23 Feb 1953 |
15 Mar 1956 |
3 years 22 days |
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| Member for Wagga Wagga |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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| Minister for Agriculture |
30 Jun 1950 |
23 Feb 1953 |
2 years 7 months 25 days |
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| Member for Wagga Wagga |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Secretary for Lands |
23 Apr 1949 |
20 Jun 1949 |
1 month 29 days |
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| Member for Wagga Wagga |
03 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years 20 days |
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| Minister for Agriculture |
13 Feb 1947 |
30 Jun 1950 |
3 years 4 months 18 days |
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| Minister for Agriculture |
08 Jun 1944 |
06 Feb 1947 |
2 years 7 months 30 days |
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| Member for Wagga Wagga |
27 May 1944 |
29 Mar 1947 |
2 years 10 months 3 days |
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| Member for Wagga Wagga |
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 |
13 Nov 1957 |
16 years 6 months 4 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Butcher and pig breeder. Educated at Lake Albert and Gurwood St, Wagga Wagga Public Schools; worked on father's farm at Lake Albert; became a butcher in Wagga Wagga in 1917; sold out to act as stock buyer for large business farm; established a stud pig farm at Kinilibah in 1932, sold it c.1950; bred Poll Herefords and fat lambs on Whyanawah near Wagga Wagga; member of Australian Meat Board; president of Wagga Wagga district Junior Farmers Clubs from 1925 until 1941; federal president of Australian Stud Pig Breeders Association, livestock judge in New South Wales and interstate; visited United Kingdom, Canada and United States of America in 1946 and 1955 as a member of a stock buying mission; assisted to found the New South Wales Country Rugby League in 1930s.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Edward Graham, farmer, and Susanna Patterson. Married Ivy Peacock on 10 February 1923 and had issue, 1 daughter. Funeral at St John's Church of England at Wagga Wagga.
Additional Information
Papers in the Charles Sturt University Regional Archives:
http://www.csu.edu.au/research/archives/collection/regional/records/political
