Mr Ernest Shoebridge CARR (1875 - 1956)

Date of Birth: 28/09/1875
Place of Birth: Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 17/09/1956
Place of Death: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	20 Mar 1920	17 Feb 1922	1yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s)
Member for Cumberland	20 Mar 1920	17 Feb 1922	1yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s)	25th (1920 - 1922)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Expelled in September 1916 over conscription. Joined Nationalist Party. Stood as an independent in 1925.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Journalist. Educated at a state secondary school; became a journalist, editor and proprieter of the 'Orange Leader' from 1899 until 1906; proprieter of Hawkesbury district paper; associated with Cumberland Newspapers, Granville; member of Australian Journalists Association; Orangeman

Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held

Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Macquarie from 1906 until 1917.

Personal

Son of Jabez Carr, soap manufacturer, and Mary Ann Easton. Married Lydia Littlejohn on 24 July 1899 and had issue, 2 daughters and 2 sons. Methodist. Northern suburbs cremation from Leigh Memorial Methodist Church, Parramatta.

Additional Information

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