Mr Joseph JACKSON (1874 - 1961)**

Date of Birth: 26/11/1874 Place of Birth: Jawbone Gully near Wellington, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 23/08/1961 Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 25 Mar 1922 6 Feb 1956 33yr(s) 10mth(s) 13day(s) Member for Sydney 25 Mar 1922 18 Apr 1925 3yr(s) 25day(s) 26th (1922 - 1925) Member for Sydney 30 May 1925 7 Sep 1927 2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s) 27th (1925 - 1927) Member for Nepean 8 Oct 1927 18 Sep 1930 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s) 28th (1927 - 1930) Member for Nepean 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s) 29th (1930 - 1932) Member for Nepean 11 Jun 1932 12 Apr 1935 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 2day(s) 30th (1932 - 1935) Member for Nepean 11 May 1935 24 Feb 1938 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 14day(s) 31st (1935 - 1938) Member for Nepean 26 Mar 1938 18 Apr 1941 3yr(s) 24day(s) 32nd (1938 - 1941) Member for Nepean 10 May 1941 24 Apr 1944 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s) 33rd (1941 - 1944) Member for Nepean 27 May 1944 29 Mar 1947 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s) 34th (1944 - 1947) Member for Nepean 3 May 1947 22 May 1950 3yr(s) 20day(s) 35th (1947 - 1950) Member for Nepean 17 Jun 1950 14 Jan 1953 2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s) 36th (1950 - 1953) Member for Nepean 14 Feb 1953 6 Feb 1956 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s) 37th (1953 - 1956) Minister for Local Government 18 Jun 1932 14 Feb 1933 7mth(s) 28day(s)

Political Party Activity

Nationalist Party. Then United Australia Party. Liberal Party; stood as a National Liberal in 1944

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Storekeeper. Educated at Wellington, Dubbo, Bathurst, Gundagai public schools; rural worker in the west. Went to Peak Hill gold rush in 1889, settled there, became a substantial storekeeper; moved to Sydney in 1906, opened fancy goods and shoe shop, later as Jackson (Stonewall) Pty Ltd had eleven retail stores; purchased Sir Henry Parkes' house at Faulconbridge in 1918, donated 20 acres for Jackson Park and Prime Ministers' Corridor of Oaks, Faulconbridge in 1933; collected Australiana, corresponded with several well known poets including W.H Ogilvie; member of Royal Australian Historical Society

Honours Received

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1957

Local Government Activity

Alderman of the Sydney City Council for Phillip Ward, 2 December 1918 - 30 November 1921; for Macquarie Ward 1 December 1924 - 31 December 1927; and for Fitzroy Ward 18 June 1930 - 30 June 1935. Member of the Finance Committee 1919 - 1921 and 1930 - 1934; the Health and By-Laws Committee1919 - 1920, 1925 - 1927 and 1933 - 1935; the Works Committee 1921, 1930 and 1932 - 1935; and the Electricity Supply Committee 1925 - 1927. Lord Mayor 1931.

Personal

Son of Joseph Jackson, alluvial miner, and Annie Sullivan. Married Mylora Campey on 4 April 1902 and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Church of England.

Additional Information

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