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Mr Mark Anthony DAVIDSON (1869 - 1949)
- Date of Birth: 02/05/1869
- Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Date of Death: 09/01/1949
- Place of Death: Little Bay, 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 | 11 May 1918 | 9 Jan 1949 | 30yr(s) 7mth(s) 30day(s) | | |
| Member for Cobar | 11 May 1918 | 18 Feb 1920 | 1yr(s) 9mth(s) 8day(s) | 24th (1917 - 1920) |  |
| Member for Sturt | 20 Mar 1920 | 17 Feb 1922 | 1yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s) | 25th (1920 - 1922) | |
| Member for Sturt | 25 Mar 1922 | 18 Apr 1925 | 3yr(s) 25day(s) | 26th (1922 - 1925) | |
| Member for Sturt | 30 May 1925 | 7 Sep 1927 | 2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s) | 27th (1925 - 1927) | |
| Member for Murray | 8 Oct 1927 | 18 Sep 1930 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s) | 28th (1927 - 1930) | |
| Member for Cobar | 25 Oct 1930 | 18 May 1932 | 1yr 6mths 24days | 29th (1930 - 1932) | |
| Member for Cobar | 11 Jun 1932 | 12 Apr 1935 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 2day(s) | 30th (1932 - 1935) | |
| Member for Cobar | 11 May 1935 | 24 Feb 1938 | 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 14day(s) | 31st (1935 - 1938) | |
| Member for Cobar | 4 Mar 1938 | 18 Apr 1941 | 3yr(s) 1mth(s) 15day(s) | 32nd (1938 - 1941) | |
| Member for Cobar | 10 Mar 1941 | 24 Apr 1944 | 3yr(s) 1mth(s) 15day(s) | 33rd (1941 - 1944) | |
| Member for Cobar | 27 May 1944 | 29 Mar 1947 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s) | 34th (1944 - 1947) | |
| Member for Cobar | 3 Apr 1947 | 9 Jan 1949 | 1yr(s) 9mth(s) 7day(s) | 35th (1947 - 1950) | |
| Secretary for Public Works | 4 Nov 1930 | 13 May 1932 | 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 10day(s) | | |
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Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1911
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Bushworker, miner and barber. Educated to primary level; left school at age 12, did a run on a coastal vessel trading to the islands; bushworker, shearing and tanksinking in Monaro, miner c.1888 until 1896 in Victoria then Broken Hill, and 1896 in Cobar; lost an eye in an accident, established a tobacconist and barber shop; foundation member of the Australian Workers Union; helped to organise the Cobar branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, member of Cobar Hospital committee, of Cobar Race Club, School of Arts, and of Eight Hour Day Sports Committee; assisted to found the Far West Health Scheme, Manly; author.
Personal
Son of James Davidson, tailor and Scottish migrant, and Margaret Moore, Irish Migrant. Married Gertrude Mary Snape on 14 July 1901 at Cobar, and had issue 3 daughters and 1 son. Roman Catholic. Northern Suburbs Roman Catholic cemetery.
Additional Information
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