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Mr Arthur Rowland GARDINER (1876 - 1948)

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Date of Birth: 14/03/1876
Place of Birth: Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 11/02/1948
Place of Death: Earlwood, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Newcastle 20 Mar 1920 17 Feb 1922 1 year 10 months 29 days
Member for Newcastle 24 Mar 1917 18 Feb 1920 2 years 10 months 26 days
Printing Committee No. 3 28 Jul 1916 21 Dec 1916 4 months 24 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No. 2 20 Jul 1916 21 Dec 1916 5 months 2 days
The Governor's Opening Speech Committee No. 1 18 Jul 1916 21 Dec 1916 5 months 4 days
Printing Committee No. 5 02 Jul 1915 13 Apr 1916 9 months 12 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No. 2 01 Jul 1915 13 Apr 1916 9 months 14 days
Printing Committee No. 6 22 Jul 1914 23 Feb 1915 7 months 2 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No. 2 21 Jul 1914 23 Feb 1915 7 months 3 days
Printing Committee No. 6 11 Mar 1914 18 Apr 1914 1 month 8 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No. 2 03 Mar 1914 18 Apr 1914 1 month 16 days
Member for Newcastle 06 Dec 1913 21 Feb 1917 3 years 2 months 16 days
Administration of the Rocks Resumed Area Committee No.7 20 Aug 1912 05 Dec 1912 3 months 16 days
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 29 Aug 1911 29 Aug 1911 1 day
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 16 Nov 1910 16 Nov 1910 1 day
Member for Newcastle 14 Oct 1910 06 Nov 1913 3 years 24 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 14 Oct 1910 17 Feb 1922 11 years 4 months 4 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Secretary at Wickham branch, critic of Holman from 1915 until 1916; Independent Labor in 1922.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1911
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Schoolteacher and builder. Educated at Windsor and Sydney Superior public schools, and Sydney Teachers' College; teacher with Education Department from 1893 until 1903 at various city schools, from 1903 until 1910 in the Newcastle district.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Thomas Gardiner, farmer, and Annie Hession. Married Maud Lois Chrismas on c.1921. Funeral at Rookwood Crematorium from Earlwood Methodist church.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.