Mr Edward Crawford MAGRATH (1881 - 1961)

Date of Birth: 05/02/1881
Place of Birth: Whitehaven, England
Date of Death: 07/03/1961
Place of Death: Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	12 Aug 1925	22 Apr 1934	8yr(s) 8mth(s) 11day(s)	Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 31 July 1925
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	23 Apr 1934	22 Apr 1943	9yr(s)	A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 21 November 1933. A Member before reconstitution.
Member of Nominee House	31 Jul 1925	22 Apr 1934	8yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of central executive from 1920 until 1922, vice president from 1923 until 1925, president from 1925 until 1926, delegate to federal conference from 1926 until 1927.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Printer and union secretary. Educated in Balmain. compositor with several Sydney printers; member of Typographical Association, collector, member of Board of Management in 1908, vice president, president in 1914, organiser from 1914 until 1916 until merger, then secretary of New South Wales branch of Printing Industry Employees' Union from 1916 until 1927, general advocate from 1927 until 1931, federal secretary and general advocate from 1933 until 1952, trustee from 1952 until 1961; Deputy Commissioner of New South Wales Industrial Commission from 1931 until 1932; director of Labor Daily from 1924 until 1928, involved in a struggle to wrest control from J.T Lang, managing director in 1938; president of Union Secretaries Association in 1923.

Personal

Son of Carleton Magrath, seaman, and Elizabeth Trohear. Married Gertrude Mary and had issue, 3 daughters and 2 sons. Church of England. Body donated to University of Sydney.

Additional Information

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