Mr Andrew Augustus LYSAGHT (1873 - 1933)

Date of Birth: 08/08/1873
Place of Birth: Mt Ousley, near Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 03/05/1933
Place of Death: Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	3 May 1925	7 Sep 1927	2yr(s) 4mth(s) 5day(s)
Member for Wollondilly	3 May 1925	7 Sep 1927	2yr(s) 4mth(s) 5day(s)	27th (1925 - 1927)
Member for Illawarra	8 Oct 1927	18 Sep 1930	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s)	28th (1927 - 1930)
Member for Bulli	25 Oct 1930	18 May 1932	1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s)	29th (1930 - 1932)
Member for Bulli	11 Jun 1932	3 May 1933	10mth(s) 23day(s)	30th (1932 - 1935)
Acting Minister of Justice	27 May 1927	7 Jun 1927	12day(s)
Attorney General	27 May 1927	18 Oct 1927	4mth(s) 22day(s)
Minister of Justice	8 Jun 1927	18 Oct 1927	4mth(s) 11day(s)
Attorney General	4 Nov 1930	16 Jun 1931	7mth(s) 13day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Resigned from Lang's second ministry failing to carry law reform proposals in caucus.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (Solicitor and barrister). Educated at Wollongong, Newington College., and University of Sydney; articled to N.W. Manning in 1891, admitted as a solicitor in 1896, practised in Sydney and Wollongong; specialised in industrial law and worker's compensation; represented miners before Royal Commission on Mt Kembla disaster from 1902 until 1903, and in cases brought against unionists; called to Bar in 1923; visited Europe in 1905, East Asia and Africa in 1908.

Local Government Activity

Alderman at North Illawarra Council from 1900 until 1902, Mayor from 1901 until 1902

Personal

Son of Andrew Lysaght, publican, and Johanna Carroll. Married Margaret O'Dwyer in 1906 and had issue, 2 daughters and 1 son. Roman Catholic. Funeral at Roman Catholic cemetery in Appin.

Additional Information

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