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The Hon. Edgar Hugh GRAHAM (1897 - 1957)

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Date of Birth: 19/01/1897
Place of Birth: Lake Albert near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 13/11/1957
Place of Death: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production 15 Mar 1956 13 Nov 1957 1 year 7 months 30 days
Member for Wagga Wagga 03 Mar 1956 13 Nov 1957 1 year 8 months 11 days
Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production 23 Feb 1953 15 Mar 1956 3 years 22 days
Member for Wagga Wagga 14 Feb 1953 06 Feb 1956 2 years 11 months 24 days
Minister for Agriculture 30 Jun 1950 23 Feb 1953 2 years 7 months 25 days
Member for Wagga Wagga 17 Jun 1950 14 Jan 1953 2 years 6 months 29 days
Secretary for Lands 23 Apr 1949 20 Jun 1949 1 month 29 days
Member for Wagga Wagga 03 May 1947 22 May 1950 3 years 20 days
Minister for Agriculture 13 Feb 1947 30 Jun 1950 3 years 4 months 18 days
Minister for Agriculture 08 Jun 1944 06 Feb 1947 2 years 7 months 30 days
Member for Wagga Wagga 27 May 1944 29 Mar 1947 2 years 10 months 3 days
Member for Wagga Wagga 10 May 1941 24 Apr 1944 2 years 11 months 15 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 10 May 1941 13 Nov 1957 16 years 6 months 4 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Butcher and pig breeder. Educated at Lake Albert and Gurwood St, Wagga Wagga Public Schools; worked on father's farm at Lake Albert; became a butcher in Wagga Wagga in 1917; sold out to act as stock buyer for large business farm; established a stud pig farm at Kinilibah in 1932, sold it c.1950; bred Poll Herefords and fat lambs on Whyanawah near Wagga Wagga; member of Australian Meat Board; president of Wagga Wagga district Junior Farmers Clubs from 1925 until 1941; federal president of Australian Stud Pig Breeders Association, livestock judge in New South Wales and interstate; visited United Kingdom, Canada and United States of America in 1946 and 1955 as a member of a stock buying mission; assisted to found the New South Wales Country Rugby League in 1930s.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Edward Graham, farmer, and Susanna Patterson. Married Ivy Peacock on 10 February 1923 and had issue, 1 daughter. Funeral at St John's Church of England at Wagga Wagga.
Additional Information
Papers in the Charles Sturt University Regional Archives: http://www.csu.edu.au/research/archives/collection/regional/records/political