Mr Charles Edward BENNETT (1894 - 1968)

Date of Birth: 05/03/1894
Place of Birth: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 03/09/1968
Place of Death: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	25 Aug 1934	18 Apr 1941	6yr(s) 7mth(s) 25day(s)
Member for Gloucester	25 Aug 1934	17 Apr 1935	7mth(s) 24day(s)	30th (1932 - 1935)	By-election – elected for balance of term of R. A. Price
Member for Gloucester	18 Apr 1935	24 Feb 1938	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 7day(s)	31st (1935 - 1938)
Member for Gloucester	26 Mar 1938	18 Apr 1941	3yr(s) 24day(s)	32nd (1938 - 1941)

Political Party Activity

United Australia Party (UAP).

Community Activity

Foundation president of Dungog Historical Society; first secretary and later president of the Dungog and Barrington Tops Tourist League; secretary of the cricket club, president of racing and rugby clubs; Rotarian.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Newspaperman. Educated in a convent school and H.S Crowther's Durham College at Dungog, Fort Street Model School Sydney, and University of Sydney., BA 1916; took over from father as editor of the 'Dungog Chronicle' from 1917 until 1958, when handed management to sons; Dungog correspondent for Newcastle Morning Herald; Chairman of Dungog Hospital Board from 1930 until 1963; secretary of the Australian Racing Association from 1922 until 1932;

Honours Received

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1966

Personal

4th son of Walter Bennett. Married Zara Mulvogue on 1 February 1921 and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Roman Catholic.

Additional Information

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