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Mr John STOREY (1869 - 1921)
- Date of Birth: 15/05/1869
- Place of Birth: Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia
- Date of Death: 05/10/1921
- Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Parliament | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 3 Jul 1901 | 5 Oct 1921 | 20yr(s) 3mth(s) 3day(s) | | |
| Member for Balmain North | 3 Jul 1901 | 16 Jul 1904 | 3yr(s) 14day(s) | 19th (1901 - 1904) |  |
| Member for Balmain | 10 Sep 1907 | 14 Sep 1910 | 3yr(s) 5day(s) | 21st (1907 - 1910) | |
| Member for Balmain | 14 Oct 1910 | 6 Nov 1913 | 3yr(s) 24day(s) | 22nd (1910 - 1913) | |
| Member for Balmain | 6 Dec 1913 | 21 Feb 1917 | 3yr(s) 2mth(s) 16day(s) | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| Member for Balmain | 24 Mar 1917 | 18 Feb 1920 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 26day(s) | 24th (1917 - 1920) | |
| Member for Balmain | 20 Mar 1920 | 5 Oct 1921 | 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 16day(s) | 25th (1920 - 1922) | |
| Premier | 13 Apr 1920 | 5 Oct 1921 | 1yr(s) 5mth(s) 23day(s) | | |
| Abattoir Glebe Island Committee No.8 | 10 Jul 1903 | 20 Nov 1903 | 4mths 11days | 19th (1901 - 1904) | |
| Sydney Harbour Collieries (Limited) Bill Committee No.9 | 19 Aug 1903 | 10 Nov 1903 | 2mths 23days | 19th (1901 - 1904) | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.3 | 21 Sep 1904 | 9 Nov 1904 | 1mth 20days | 19th (1901 - 1904) | |
| Occupation of Land at la Perouse by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company Committee No.13 | 22 Nov 1906 | 13 Dec 1906 | 22days | 20th (1904 - 1907) | |
| Canterbury Park Racecourse Company Limited Enabling Bill Committee No.7 | 24 Nov 1910 | 8 Dec 1910 | 15days | 22nd (1910 - 1913) | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 | 24 Nov 1910 | 23 Dec 1910 | 30days | 22nd (1910 - 1913) | |
| The Governor's Opening Speech Committee No. 1 | 7 Jul 1914 | 23 Feb 1915 | 7mths 17days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member Balmain Political Labor League, member central executive 1903, 1907; elected leader 3 Mar 1916, stood down for Holman next day; opposed conscription; leader 1917- 1921.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1902
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Boilermaker. Family moved to Balmain, father died soon after; educated at Darling Rd Superior Public School and night school; at fourteen apprenticed to boilermaking with Perdriau and West; as journeyman worked at Mort's Dock until elected to Parliament; after 1904 defeat encountered employer boycott because of association with Labor; active member Boilermakers' Union; director of Sydney Hospital 1919-1921; notable cricketer.
Personal
Son of William John, shipbuilder, and Elizabeth Graham, English migrants. Married Elizabeth Merton Turnbull at Balmain on 14 May 1891 and had issue, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Church of England. Field of Mars Cemetery from St Andrew's Church of England cathedral. Brother of Thomas Storey, uncle of Sydney Albert Dawson Storey (qq.v.).
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12
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