Sir Michael Frederick BRUXNER (1882 - 1970)

Date of Birth: 25/03/1882
Place of Birth: Tabulum, near Clarence River, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 28/03/1970
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	20 Mar 1920	5 Feb 1962	41yr(s) 10mth(s) 17day(s)
Member for Northern Tablelands	20 Mar 1920	17 Feb 1922	1yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s)	25th (1920 - 1922)
Member for Northern Tablelands	25 Mar 1922	18 Apr 1925	3yr(s) 25day(s)	26th (1922 - 1925)
Member for Northern Tablelands	30 May 1925	7 Sep 1927	2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s)	27th (1925 - 1927)
Member for Tenterfield	14 Sep 1927	18 Sep 1930	3yr(s) 5day(s)	28th (1927 - 1930)
Member for Tenterfield	25 Oct 1930	18 May 1932	1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s)	29th (1930 - 1932)
Member for Tenterfield	25 May 1932	12 Apr 1935	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 19day(s)	30th (1932 - 1935)
Member for Tenterfield	18 Apr 1935	24 Feb 1938	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 7day(s)	31st (1935 - 1938)
Member for Tenterfield	26 Mar 1938	18 Apr 1941	3yr(s) 24day(s)	32nd (1938 - 1941)
Member for Tenterfield	10 May 1941	27 Apr 1944	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 18day(s)	33rd (1941 - 1944)
Member for Tenterfield	27 May 1944	29 Mar 1947	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s)	34th (1944 - 1947)
Member for Tenterfield	3 Apr 1947	22 May 1950	3yr(s) 1mth(s) 20day(s)	35th (1947 - 1950)
Member for Tenterfield	17 Jun 1950	14 Jan 1953	2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s)	36th (1950 - 1953)
Member for Tenterfield	14 Feb 1953	6 Feb 1956	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)	37th (1953 - 1956)
Member for Tenterfield	10 Feb 1956	16 Feb 1959	3yr(s) 7day(s)	38th (1956 - 1959)
Member for Tenterfield	21 Mar 1959	5 Feb 1962	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s)	39th (1950 - 1953)
Minister for Local Government	18 Oct 1927	3 Nov 1930	3yr(s) 17day(s)
Deputy Premier, Minister for Transport and Local Government	16 May 1932	17 Jun 1932	1mth(s) 2day(s)
Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport	18 Jun 1932	16 May 1941	8yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s)
Acting Premier	11 Mar 1936	2 Oct 1936	6mth(s) 22day(s)
Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport	5 Aug 1939	16 May 1941	1yr(s) 9mth(s) 12day(s)

Political Party Activity

Progressive Party. United Country Party. Country Party; leader 1922 - 1925 and 1932 - 1958; central executive 1958 - 1963; and councillor 1958 - 1970.

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1914

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Grazier. Educated at St Mark's Crescent School, Darling Point, The Armidale School and University of Sydney where he studied law for two years; on father's station; stock and station agent at Tenterfield for a time as Bruxner and Cotton; purchased Roseneath a grazing property near Tenterfield, bred Hereford cattle; sold Roseneath and purchased the homestead portion of Old Auburnvale station after the war; councillor of the Royal Agricultural Society; vice president in 1948; supported new state movement; president of Tenterfield Jockey Club for many years; advisory councillor for the New England University College from 1938 until 1951; member of the parliamentary delegation coronation in 1937; author in 1922 and 1968; Union Club;

Military Service

Lieutenant Colonel. Joined Tenterfield Light Horse, commissioned in 1910; served Australian Infantry Forces 1914 until 1919, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli and Palestine, Anzac Mounted Division from 1918 until 1919, Lieutenant Colonel,

Honours Received

Chevalier of Legion of Honour 1916; Distinguished Service Order (DSO) 1918 Knight of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) 1962.

Personal

Son of Charles Augustus Bruxner, grazier and English migrant, and Sarah Elizabeth Barnes. Married Winifred Hay Caird at Kiama on 17 June 1908 and they had 1 daughter and 2 sons. Northern Suburbs Crematorium. Church of England. His son, James Caird Bruxner, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Additional Information

Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Sir Michael Frederick Bruxner - correspondence, 1961 (MLDOC 1697)

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