Mr Clarence Gordon ROBERTSON (1902 - 1974)**

  • Date of Birth: 09/04/1902
  • Place of Birth: Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
  • Date of Death: 31/10/1974
  • Place of Death: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

PositionStartEndPeriodNotes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly6 Jun 194216 Feb 195916yr(s) 8mth(s) 11day(s)
Member for Dubbo6 Jun 194224 Apr 19441yr(s) 10mth(s) 19day(s)
33rd (1941 - 1944)
Member for Dubbo27 May 194429 Mar 19472yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s)
34th (1944 - 1947)
Member for Dubbo3 May 194722 May 19503yr(s) 20day(s)
35th (1947 - 1950)
Member for Dubbo14 Feb 19536 Feb 19562yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)
37th (1953 - 1956)
Member for Dubbo3 Mar 195616 Feb 19592yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s)
38th (1956 - 1959)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP), failed to obtain preselection in 1962, stood as an Independent Country Party.


Qualifications, occupations and interests

Railway employee. Educated at Wongarben and Dubbo; rural worker from 1916 - 1921, railway employee 1924 - 1942, Dubbo; farmer.


Personal

Son of Gordon Campbell Robertson, butcher, and his wife Ellen Lydia Moore. Married (1) Bessie Mercer on 12 January 1923 and they had 3 daughters and 1 son. Married (2) Sylvia Thomas on 29 January 1938. Presbyterian. Funeral at Presbyterian cemetery in Botany.


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