Mr George William BRAIN (1893 - 1969)

Date of Birth: 18/01/1893
Place of Birth: Picton, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 18/01/1969
Place of Death: Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	25 Sep 1943	23 Jan 1968	24yr(s) 3mth(s) 30day(s)
Member for Willoughby	25 Sep 1943	24 Apr 1944	7mth(s)	33rd (1941 - 1944)
Member for Willoughby	27 May 1944	29 Mar 1947	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s)	34th (1944 - 1947)
Member for Willoughby	3 May 1947	22 May 1950	3yr(s) 20day(s)	35th (1947 - 1950)
Member for Willoughby	17 Jun 1950	14 Jan 1953	2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s)	36th (1950 - 1953)
Member for Willoughby	14 Feb 1953	6 Feb 1956	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)	37th (1953 - 1956)
Member for Willoughby	3 Mar 1956	16 Feb 1959	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s)	38th (1956 - 1959)
Member for Willoughby	21 Mar 1959	5 Feb 1962	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s)	39th (1950 - 1953)
Member for Willoughby	3 Mar 1962	31 Mar 1965	3yr(s) 29day(s)	40th (1962 - 1965)
Member for Willoughby	1 May 1965	23 Jan 1968	2yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s)	41st (1965 - 1968)

Political Party Activity

Liberal Party.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Chartered Accountant. Educated at Picton and Parramatta public schools; had a variety of jobs, including clerical work with the Western Post, Mudgee whislt studying accountancy part time; employed Starkey and Starkey, public accountants in Sydney in 1915; Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia (FICA); formed partnership with Brain and Noble which became Brain, Noble and Campbell in 1945; director of Beare and Ley Pty Limited, retailers, J.P Stuart Pty Ltd, retailers, McEwans Pty Ltd, retail grocers, and four terminating building societies; director of Chatswood Community Hospital; honorary secretary of Free Library Movement in 1936; president of the Monster War Carnival, Willoughby Park in 1941; honorary treasurer of New South Wales Division of Commonwealth Institute of Accountants; member of Middle Harbour progress association; New South Wales delegate to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association congress, India in 1957; keen sportsman, president of Parliamentary Bowling Club; Freemason.

Local Government Activity

Alderman at Willoughby from 1942 until 1944.

Personal

Son of William Brain, farmer, and Charlotte Blatch. Married Paulina Merkle at Mudgee on January 1918 and they had 4 sons. Funeral at Northern Suburbs crematorium from St John's Church of England at Willoughby.

Additional Information

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