The Hon. Edgar Hugh GRAHAM (1897 - 1957)**
- Date of Birth: 19/01/1897
- Place of Birth: Lake Albert near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- Date of Death: 13/11/1957
- Place of Death: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 10 May 1941 | 13 Nov 1957 | 16yr(s) 6mth(s) 4day(s)
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| Member for Wagga Wagga | 10 May 1941 | 24 Apr 1944 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s)
33rd (1941 - 1944) |  |
| Member for Wagga Wagga | 27 May 1944 | 29 Mar 1947 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s)
34th (1944 - 1947) | |
| Member for Wagga Wagga | 3 May 1947 | 22 May 1950 | 3yr(s) 20day(s)
35th (1947 - 1950) | |
| Member for Wagga Wagga | 17 Jun 1950 | 14 Jan 1953 | 2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s)
36th (1950 - 1953) | |
| Member for Wagga Wagga | 14 Feb 1953 | 6 Feb 1956 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)
37th (1953 - 1956) | |
| Member for Wagga Wagga | 3 Mar 1956 | 13 Nov 1957 | 1yr(s) 8mth(s) 11day(s)
38th (1956 - 1959) | |
| Minister for Agriculture | 8 Jun 1944 | 6 Feb 1947 | 2yr(s) 7mth(s) 30day(s)
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| Minister for Agriculture | 13 Feb 1947 | 30 Jun 1950 | 3yr(s) 4mth(s) 18day(s)
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| Secretary for Lands | 23 Apr 1949 | 20 Jun 1949 | 1mth(s) 29day(s)
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| Minister for Agriculture | 30 Jun 1950 | 23 Feb 1953 | 2yr(s) 7mth(s) 25day(s)
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| Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production | 23 Feb 1953 | 15 Mar 1956 | 3yr(s) 22day(s)
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| Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production | 15 Mar 1956 | 13 Nov 1957 | 1yr(s) 7mth(s) 30day(s)
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Butcher and pig breeder. Educated at Lake Albert and Gurwood St, Wagga Wagga Public Schools; worked on father's farm at Lake Albert; became a butcher in Wagga Wagga in 1917; sold out to act as stock buyer for large business farm; established a stud pig farm at Kinilibah in 1932, sold it c.1950; bred Poll Herefords and fat lambs on Whyanawah near Wagga Wagga; member of Australian Meat Board; president of Wagga Wagga district Junior Farmers Clubs from 1925 until 1941; federal president of Australian Stud Pig Breeders Association, livestock judge in New South Wales and interstate; visited United Kingdom, Canada and United States of America in 1946 and 1955 as a member of a stock buying mission; assisted to found the New South Wales Country Rugby League in 1930s.
Personal
Son of Edward Graham, farmer, and Susanna Patterson. Married Ivy Peacock on 10 February 1923 and had issue, 1 daughter. Funeral at St John's Church of England at Wagga Wagga.
Additional Information
Papers in the Charles Sturt University Regional Archives:
http://www.csu.edu.au/research/archives/collection/regional/records/political
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