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Mr Matthew CHARLTON (1866 - 1948)

  • Date of Birth: 15/03/1866
  • Place of Birth: Linton, Victoria, Australia
  • Date of Death: 08/12/1948
  • Place of Death: Lambton, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly5 Dec 190328 Feb 19106yr(s) 2mth(s) 24day(s)
Member for Waratah5 Dec 190316 Jul 19047mth(s) 12day(s)19th (1901 - 1904)
Member for Northumberland6 Aug 190419 Aug 19073yr(s) 14day(s)20th (1904 - 1907)
Member for Northumberland10 Sep 190728 Feb 19102yr(s) 5mth(s) 19day(s)21st (1907 - 1910)
Case of Henry Harding, W.S Stead, and others – Certificate of Title Committee No.727 Sep 190414 Dec 19042mths 18days19th (1901 - 1904)
Refusal of the Pharmacy Board to register Mr Walter Trafford Committee No.918 Jul 190530 Nov 19054mths 13days20th (1904 - 1907)
Diocese of Goulburn Church Land Sale Bill Committee No.1323 Aug 19055 Sep 190514days20th (1904 - 1907)
Bread (Amendment) Bill Committee No.1719 Sep 190528 Nov 19052mths 10days20th (1904 - 1907)
Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Association Bill Committee No.202 Nov 19058 Nov 19057days20th (1904 - 1907)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.65 Jul 190618 Dec 19065mths 14days20th (1904 - 1907)
Case of Henry Harding, W.S Stead and others – Certificate of Title Committee No.721 Aug 190627 Nov 19063mths 7days20th (1904 - 1907)
Bread (Amendment) Act Committee No.1211 Oct 19067 Dec 19061mth 27days20th (1904 - 1907)
Occupation of Land at la Perouse by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company Committee No.1322 Nov 190613 Dec 190622days20th (1904 - 1907)
Armidale Cattle Sale-yards Bill Committee No.1530 Nov 19065 Dec 19066days20th (1904 - 1907)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.24 Jul 190712 Jul 19079days20th (1904 - 1907)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.622 Oct 190715 Nov 190725days21st (1907 - 1910)
Printing Committee No.424 Oct 190719 Dec 19071mth 26days21st (1907 - 1910)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.612 Mar 190811 Apr 19081mth21st (1907 - 1910)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.612 Mar 190811 Apr 19081mth21st (1907 - 1910)
Printing Committee No.513 Mar 190810 Apr 190829days21st (1907 - 1910)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.223 Jul 190819 Dec 19084mths 27days21st (1907 - 1910)
Printing Committee No.65 Aug 190818 Dec 19084mths 14days21st (1907 - 1910)
Great Northern Coal Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.78 Sep 190830 Sep 190823days21st (1907 - 1910)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.213 Jul 190917 Dec 19095mths 5days21st (1907 - 1910)
Printing Committee No.614 Jul 190917 Dec 19095mths 4days21st (1907 - 1910)
Claim by Mr J.S Gam – Rejection of sleepers by Central South African Government Committee No.930 Sep 19099 Dec 19092mths 10days21st (1907 - 1910)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Federal leader from 1922 until 1928.


Qualifications, occupations and interests

Miner. Family moved to Lambton in 1871. Educated at Lambton Public School and was employed as a trapper in the New Lambton colliery, at age eighteen on the coal face; journeyed to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, c.1896, and worked in the goldmines and helped to organise the Australian Workers' Union; returned to Lambton in c.1898, worked in the South Waratah colliery; active in the Miners' Union. Secretary and treasurer of the local lodge. Treasurer of Northern District Colliery Employees Federation from 1901, representative on the wage board from 1909 until 1910; delegate to All Australian Trade Union Congress in 1902; Australian representative at League of Nations Convention in Geneva in 1924. President of Newcastle District Bowling Association from 1940 until 1942.


Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held

Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Hunter 1910 - 1928.


Local Government Activity

Alderman at Lambton from 1934 until 1938


Personal

Son of Matthew Charlton, coalminer, and Mabel Ford. Married Martha Rollings on c.1889 and had issue, 1 daughter and 3 sons. Methodist. Buried at Sandgate Cemetery with Methodist rites.


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