Mr Ernest WETHERELL (1893 - 1969)**
- Date of Birth: 26/03/1893
- Place of Birth: Mt Egerton, Victoria, Australia
- Date of Death: 31/03/1969
- Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
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| Member for Cobar | 12 Mar 1949 | 22 May 1950 | 1yr(s) 2mth(s) 11day(s)
35th (1947 - 1950) | |
| Member for Cobar | 17 Jun 1950 | 14 Jan 1953 | 2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s)
36th (1950 - 1953) |  |
| Member for Cobar | 19 Jan 1953 | 6 Feb 1956 | 3yr(s) 19day(s)
37th (1953 - 1956) | |
| Member for Cobar | 10 Feb 1956 | 16 Feb 1959 | 3yr(s) 7day(s)
38th (1956 - 1959) | |
| Member for Cobar | 20 Feb 1959 | 5 Feb 1962 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 17day(s)
39th (1950 - 1953) | |
| Member for Cobar | 9 Feb 1962 | 31 Mar 1965 | 3yr(s) 1mth(s) 23day(s)
40th (1962 - 1965) | |
| Minister for Transport | 16 Sep 1953 | 15 Mar 1956 | 2yr(s) 5mth(s) 29day(s)
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| Minister for Conservation | 15 Mar 1956 | 1 Apr 1959 | 3yr(s) 18day(s)
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| Minister for Conservation | 1 Apr 1959 | 31 May 1960 | 1yr(s) 2mth(s)
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| Minister for Education | 31 May 1960 | 14 Mar 1962 | 1yr(s) 9mth(s) 12day(s)
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| Minister for Education | 14 Mar 1962 | 13 May 1965 | 3yr(s) 1mth(s) 30day(s)
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP), foundation member of Barrier District Assembly.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Miner and journalist. Educated at Mt Egerton Roman Catholic Preparatory and Superior public schools; aged thirteen when father was killed in a mining accident and also elder brother shortly afterwards; at age 15 began work on a gold battery at Bingara near Ballarat; worked in mines in other states including Mt Lyell, Tasmania; and at Cobar and Helensburgh; became a builders labourer in Sydney; arrived in Broken Hill in 1911, became a miner until 1917, became an editor from 1919 until 1937 and managing editor from 1937 until 1949; member of Miners' Union and Australian Journalists' Association; sent by unions to New Zealand during 1917 strike on fund raising mission; in retirement wrote history of the strike; member of Aborigines Welfare Board from 1950-1953.
Personal
Son of Thomas Wetherell, miner, and Anne McCauley. Married Florence Scott on 26 April 1922 and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Funeral at Woronora crematorium from St Aidan's Church of England, Hurstville Grove.
Additional Information
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