Mr James Guy Dalley ARKINS (1888 - 1980)

Date of Birth: 14/10/1888
Place of Birth: Millthorpe, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 02/08/1980
Place of Death: Port Hacking, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	20 Feb 1915	18 Sep 1930	15yr(s) 6mth(s) 30day(s)
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	26 Mar 1938	18 Apr 1941	3yr(s) 24day(s)
Member for Castlereagh	20 Feb 1915	21 Feb 1917	2yr(s) 2day(s)	23rd (1913 - 1917)	By-election – elected for balance of term of J. L. Trefle
Member for Castlereagh	24 Mar 1917	18 Feb 1920	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 26day(s)	24th (1917 - 1920)
Member for St George	20 Mar 1920	17 Feb 1922	1yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s)	25th (1920 - 1922)
Member for St George	25 Mar 1922	18 Apr 1925	3yr(s) 25day(s)	26th (1922 - 1925)
Member for St George	30 May 1925	7 Sep 1927	2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s)	27th (1925 - 1927)
Member for Rockdale	8 Oct 1927	18 Sep 1930	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s)	28th (1927 - 1930)
Member for Dulwich Hill	26 Mar 1938	18 Apr 1941	3yr(s) 24day(s)	32nd (1938 - 1941)
Whip	1927	1930	3yr(s) 1day(s)
The Governor's Opening Speech Committee No. 1	15 Jun 1915	13 Apr 1916	9mths 30days	23rd (1913 - 1917)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Left over conscription. Nationalist Party. United Australia Party (UAP). Councillor 1929 - 1930 and 1931 - 1940; vice-president 1940 - 1942. Member of the committee for the amalgamation of the Nationalist Party and the All for Australia Party to form the UAP.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Contractor and journalist. Educated at Millthorpe public school; employed in flour milling with Great W.Milling Company Limited, then as a building contractor. 1st Mounted Transport Company. Drived after defeat in Parliament. Freelance journalist. Publicity and research officer of New South Wales United Australia Party parliamentary party from 1934 until 1935; on staff of Richard Thompson & Associates in 1942; Commonwealth Loans and recruiting from 1943 until 1945; councillor of New South Wales Prohibition Alliance (1925); Protestant Federation in 1921.

Military Service

Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) 1916 - 1919

Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held

Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Senator 1935 - 1937.

Personal

Son of William James Arkin, storekeeper and agent, and Isabella Alice Grant Webb. Married Marguerite Glen Edwards on 31 March 1920, concert pianist, and had issue 1 son. Church of England

Additional Information

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