Mr Robert John GREIG (1887 - 1955)**

Date of Birth: 01/01/1887 Place of Birth: Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand Date of Death: 27/04/1955 Place of Death: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 20 Mar 1920 29 Mar 1947 27yr(s) 10day(s) Member for Ryde 20 Mar 1920 17 Feb 1922 1yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s) 25th (1920 - 1922) Member for Ryde 25 Mar 1922 18 Apr 1925 3yr(s) 25day(s) 26th (1922 - 1925) Member for Ryde 30 May 1925 7 Sep 1927 2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s) 27th (1925 - 1927) Member for Drummoyne 10 May 1941 24 Apr 1944 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s) 33rd (1941 - 1944) Member for Drummoyne 27 May 1944 29 Mar 1947 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s) 34th (1944 - 1947) Chairman of Committees 25 Jun 1925 7 Sep 1927 2yr(s) 2mth(s) 14day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). President of the Drummoyne branch.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Clerk and journalist. Educated to state secondary level; clerk with Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited; helped to organise the sugar workers' union, president in 1906 and representative on industry wage board; occupied most of the time as a freelance journalist after the 1927 defeat, was a contributor to The Bulletin, and other newspapers on the historical and zoological subjects; trustee of Taronga Park and Rodd Island; member of the Royal Australian Historical Society and of the Royal Zoological Society; member of New South Wales Library Board.

Personal

Son of William Thompson, fitter, and Susan McKee. Married Susan Maher on c.1910 at Drummoyne and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Presbyterian. Funeral at Northern Suburbs crematorium.

Additional Information

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