The Hon. Jack Gordon BEALE (1917 - 2006)

Date of Birth: 17/07/1917
Place of Birth: Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 07/06/2006
Place of Death: Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	14 Nov 1942	19 Oct 1973	30yr(s) 11mth(s) 6day(s)
Member for South Coast	14 Nov 1942	24 Apr 1944	1yr(s) 5mth(s) 11day(s)	33rd (1941 - 1944)
Member for South Coast	27 May 1944	29 Mar 1947	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s)	34th (1944 - 1947)
Member for South Coast	3 May 1947	22 May 1950	3yr(s) 20day(s)	35th (1947 - 1950)
Member for South Coast	17 Jun 1950	14 Jan 1953	2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s)	36th (1950 - 1953)
Member for South Coast	14 Feb 1953	6 Feb 1956	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)	37th (1953 - 1956)
Member for South Coast	3 Mar 1956	16 Feb 1959	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s)	38th (1956 - 1959)
Member for South Coast	21 Mar 1959	5 Feb 1962	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s)	39th (1950 - 1953)
Member for South Coast	3 Mar 1962	31 Mar 1965	3yr(s) 29day(s)	40th (1962 - 1965)
Member for South Coast	1 May 1965	23 Jan 1968	2yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s)	41st (1965 - 1968)
Member for South Coast	24 Feb 1968	13 Jan 1971	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 21day(s)	42nd (1968 - 1971)
Member for South Coast	13 Feb 1971	19 Oct 1973	2yr(s) 8mth(s) 7day(s)	43rd (1971 - 1973)
Minister for Conservation	13 May 1965	5 Mar 1968	2yr(s) 9mth(s) 22day(s)
Minister for Conservation	5 Mar 1968	11 Feb 1969	11mth(s) 7day(s)
Minister for Conservation	11 Feb 1969	11 Mar 1971	2yr(s) 1mth(s) 1day(s)
Minister for Environment Control	11 Mar 1971	17 Jan 1973	1yr(s) 10mth(s) 7day(s)
Minister for Environment Control	17 Jan 1973	3 Dec 1973	10mth(s) 17day(s)

Political Party Activity

Independent. Liberal Party (joined 1948).

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Chartered Engineer. Educated at public schools and Sydney Technical College. ME, ASTC Mech Eng., (FIE) Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Australia. Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE), Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (MASME), Member of the American Society Engineers (MASAE); engineer on munition works from 1941 until 1942, honorary lecturer of the Air Force reserve, consulting engineer from 1942. Member of Nowra and Bega Districts War Agricultural Committees from 1942 until 1946; director of New Brighton Hotel (Kiama) Pty Ltd, Australian Fishing Industries Limited from 1946 until 1947; managing director of Ames Irrigation Pty Ltd in 1953; director of Talcott Factors Limited from 1959 until 1967; managing director of Springs Pty Ltd, Rain Spray Sprinklers Pty Ltd, and Fluid Energy Systems Pty Ltd; chairman of the Hydroco Consortium; and founder and chairman of the Water Research Foundation of Australia 1955 - 2005. President of the Australian Irrigation Development Association. Recreational interests included swimming, tennis and football. In 1965 he earned a Master of Engineering degree from the University of New South Wales with a thesis on irrigation efficiency; and he received an Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) from the Australian National University in 1999. The Australian National University established the Jack beale Chair of water Resources in 1989 and the University of New South Wales established an annual environmental lecture series in his name.

Honours Received

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 1999

Personal

Son of Rupert Noel Beale, also a Member of the Legislative Assembly, and his wife Esther Green. Married (1) Pamela Wallis in 1942 and had issue, 2 sons. Married (2) Stephania Toth-Dobranski on 9 September 1958. Church of England.

Additional Information

Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Jack Gordon Beale - Biographical notes. (MLDOC 2173)

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