Mr Ivan Carlisle BLACK (1913 - 1990)**

Date of Birth: 06/07/1913 Place of Birth: Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 08/07/1990 Place of Death: London, England

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 15 Dec 1945 5 Feb 1962 16yr(s) 1mth(s) 22day(s) Member for Neutral Bay 15 Dec 1945 29 Mar 1947 1yr(s) 3mth(s) 15day(s) 34th (1944 - 1947) Member for Neutral Bay 3 May 1947 22 May 1950 3yr(s) 20day(s) 35th (1947 - 1950) Member for Neutral Bay 17 Jun 1950 20 Mar 1951 9mth(s) 4day(s) 36th (1950 - 1953) Member for Neutral Bay 21 May 1951 14 Jan 1953 1yr(s) 7mth(s) 25day(s) 36th (1950 - 1953) Member for Neutral Bay 19 Jan 1953 6 Feb 1956 3yr(s) 19day(s) 37th (1953 - 1956) Member for Neutral Bay 3 Mar 1956 16 Feb 1959 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s) 38th (1956 - 1959) Member for Neutral Bay 20 Feb 1959 5 Feb 1962 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 17day(s) 39th (1950 - 1953)

Political Party Activity

Liberal Party. Member of Cremorne Point branch.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (barrister and solicitor). Educated at Fort Street High School and University of Sydney, LLB in 1937, called to Bar in 1939; councillor of the Royal Commonwealth Society from 1946 until 1960; committee of the International Congress of Scientific Management in 1959; councillor of the Red Cross Society; director of St Ives Hospital; emigrated to London in 1961, managing clerk in solicitors office; admitted as a solicitor in 1963.

Military Service

Served in Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RANVR), English Channel and North Sea, Prisoner of War in Germany 1942 - 1945.

Personal

Son of John Negus Black of Brisbane, Queensland, mechanical engineer, and his wife Ida Minnie Fording. Married Mary Dixson on 30 March 1946 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son.

Additional Information

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