Mr Joseph LAMARO (1895 - 1951)**

Date of Birth: 27/07/1895 Place of Birth: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 22/05/1951 Place of Death: Hay, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 8 Oct 1927 8 Aug 1934 6yr(s) 10mth(s) 1day(s) Member for Enmore 8 Oct 1927 18 Sep 1930 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s) 28th (1927 - 1930) Member for Petersham 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s) 29th (1930 - 1932) Member for Leichhardt 10 Dec 1932 8 Aug 1934 1yr(s) 7mth(s) 30day(s) 30th (1932 - 1935) Minister of Justice 4 Nov 1930 17 Jun 1931 7mth(s) 14day(s) Attorney General 17 Jun 1931 13 May 1932 10mth(s) 27day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (barrister). Educated at St Joseph's School, Newtown, St Patrick's College in Goulburn and University of Sydney., BA 1915, LLB in 1922; clerk in Education Department from 1912 until 1922; called to Bar in 1922, mainly industrial practice; resigned from New South Wales Parliament in 1934 to continual Federal seat; admitted as a solicitor in 1934, partner at Lands and Lamaro, Lamaro and McGrath from 1935 until 1940; admitted as a barrister in 1941; appointed as a Crown Prosecutor in 1943, District Court judge in 1947; rugby league supporter, member of New South Wales Rugby League, and of first Australian Board of Control from 1924 until 1927.

Military Service

Served in Australian Infantry Forces from 1916 until 1917, 18th Battalion, signals unit, Ypres and the Somme, Private

Personal

Son of Deico Lamaro, shopkeeper, and Maria Giuseppa Taranto, Italian migrants. Unmarried. Funeral at Botany cemetery from St Mary's Roman Catholic cathedral.

Additional Information

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