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The Hon. Captain Frank Augustus CHAFFEY (1888 - 1940)
- Date of Birth: 31/03/1888
- Place of Birth: Moonbi, New South Wales, Australia
- Date of Death: 09/07/1940
- Place of Death: Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Parliament | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 20 Dec 1913 | 9 Jul 1940 | 26yr(s) 6mth(s) 20day(s) | | |
| Member for Tamworth | 20 Dec 1913 | 21 Feb 1917 | 3yr(s) 2mth(s) 2day(s) | 23rd (1913 - 1917) |  |
| Member for Tamworth | 24 Mar 1917 | 18 Feb 1920 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 26day(s) | 24th (1917 - 1920) | |
| Member for Namoi | 20 Mar 1920 | 17 Feb 1922 | 1yr 10mths 29days | 25th (1920 - 1922) | |
| Member for Namoi | 5 Mar 1922 | 18 Apr 1925 | 3yr(s) 1mth(s) 14day(s) | 26th (1922 - 1925) | |
| Member for Namoi | 30 May 1925 | 7 Sep 1927 | 2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s) | 27th (1925 - 1927) | |
| Member for Tamworth | 8 Oct 1927 | 18 Sep 1930 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s) | 28th (1927 - 1930) | |
| Member for Tamworth | 25 Oct 1930 | 18 May 1932 | 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s) | 29th (1930 - 1932) | |
| Member for Tamworth | 11 Jun 1932 | 12 Apr 1935 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 2day(s) | 30th (1932 - 1935) | |
| Member for Tamworth | 11 May 1935 | 24 Feb 1938 | 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 14day(s) | 31st (1935 - 1938) | |
| Member for Tamworth | 26 Mar 1938 | 9 Jul 1940 | 2yr(s) 3mth(s) 14day(s) | 32nd (1938 - 1941) | |
| Minister for Agriculture | 20 Dec 1921 | 20 Dec 1921 | 1day(s) | | |
| Assistant Minister for Lands and Agriculture | 13 Apr 1922 | 28 Jun 1922 | 2mth(s) 16day(s) | | |
| Minister for Agriculture | 28 Jun 1922 | 17 Jun 1925 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 21day(s) | | |
| Secretary for Mines and Minister for Forests | 18 Oct 1927 | 15 Apr 1929 | 1yr(s) 5mth(s) 29day(s) | | |
| Colonial Secretary | 16 Apr 1929 | 3 Nov 1930 | 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 19day(s) | | |
| Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Mines | 16 May 1932 | 17 Jun 1932 | 1mth(s) 2day(s) | | |
| Colonial Secretary | 18 Jun 1932 | 13 Apr 1938 | 5yr(s) 9mth(s) 27day(s) | | |
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Political Party Activity
Nationalist Party. United Australia Party (UAP).
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Farmer and grazier. Educated at Nemingha and Tamworth public schools and Hawkesbury Agricultural College; worked on family dairy farm; resumed studies at Sydney Technical College in 1907; woolclasser for a brief period, returned to Tamworth to run the family farm with brothers; secretary of Tamworth district council Farmers and Settlers Association in 1911; noted judge of cattle, elected to the Royal Agricultural Society in 1928; supported New State Movement; Freemason;
Military Service
Joined New England Light Horse, commissioned; served in Australian Infantry Forces from 1915 until 1919, 1st Light Horse, on staff of Director of Education of Australian Infantry Forces from 1918 until 1919, Captain 1919.
Personal
Son of William Adolphus Chaffey, farmer and English migrant, and his wife Amelia Chad. Married Amy Stella McIlveen on 1 May 1912 and they had 4 daughters and 2 sons. Church of England. Funeral at Northern Suburbs crematorium from St Michael's Church of England Church at Vaucluse. His son, William Adophus Chaffey, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB), Volume 7, p. 598
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