Mr William Joseph CARLTON (1894 - 1949)

Date of Birth: 02/05/1894
Place of Birth: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 30/01/1949
Place of Death: Concord, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	11 May 1935	30 Jan 1949	13yr(s) 8mth(s) 20day(s)
Member for Glebe	11 May 1935	24 Feb 1938	2yr(s) 9mth(s) 14day(s)	31st (1935 - 1938)
Member for Glebe	26 Mar 1938	18 Apr 1941	3yr(s) 24day(s)	32nd (1938 - 1941)
Member for Concord	10 May 1941	24 Apr 1944	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s)	33rd (1941 - 1944)
Member for Concord	27 May 1944	29 Mar 1947	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s)	34th (1944 - 1947)
Member for Concord	3 May 1947	30 Jan 1949	1yr(s) 8mth(s) 28day(s)	35th (1947 - 1950)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Whip from 1941 until 1947

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Railway worker. Worked in railways, boilermaker's assistant at Eveleigh workshops from 1915 until 1935; organiser for Railway Workers' Union

Military Service

Served in the Australian Infantry Forces from 1916 until 1919, 1st Machinegun Battalion, Private; member of 21st Machine Gun Company Association, active in the Returned Soldiers movement

Local Government Activity

Alderman at Glebe from 1929 until 1935

Personal

Son of Alfred Carlton, Harbour Trust employee, and Rachel Elliott. Married Catherine Taylor on c.1925 at Glebe and had issue, 2 daughters and 1 son. Roman Catholic. Rookwood Cemetery from St Ambrose's Roman Catholic Church in Concord.

Additional Information

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