Personal profile
Born
(probably) 9 April 1867, Valparaiso, Chile
Education
- Weston School, New Zealand (c.1877-79)
- typographical trade certificate (c.1886)
Employment
- newspaper compositor
- politician
- union official
- company director
Memberships
- Typographers Union, Oamaru
- New Zealand Land League
- Typographical Association of New South Wales
- Land Nationalisation Society New South Wales
Marriages
- Ada Low, 27 November 1889
- Antonia Dowlan, 30 October 1925
Child with Antonia Dowlan: Jacqueline (1927)
Died
18 November 1941, Double Bay, New South Wales
Buried
Cremated, ashes at North Sydney Crematorium
Honours
No official honours conferred
Partner
Name
Ada Jane Watson
Previous name
Ada Jane Low
Born
1855, England
Died
19 July 1921, Sydney, New South Wales
Political profile
Term as Prime Minister
27 April 1904 to 18 August 1904
Terms as Member of Parliament
- New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- July 1894 to March 1901 (Young)
- House of Representatives
- 9 May 1901 to December 1906 (Bland)
- December 1906 to 13 April 1910 (South Sydney)
- Leader of the Opposition
- 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905
Portfolios
- Treasurer: 27 April to 18 August 1904
Political memberships
- Australian Labor Party (1900-16)
- federal parliamentary leader (8 May 1901 to 24 October 1907)
- Nationalist Party (1917-c.22)
- Australian Workers Union (1894-1916)
- Australian Industries Protection League (New South Wales)
After office
- Australian Workers Union official
- National Roads Association president (1920-23)
- National Roads and Motorists Association president (1923-41)
- Australian Motorists Petrol Co Ltd (Ampol) (1936-)
