Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary for Public Works | Wed 07 October 1885 | Sat 31 October 1885 | 25 days | |
| Vale of Clwydd Coal Mining Company’s Bill Committee No.23 | Thu 01 October 1885 | Fri 02 October 1885 | 2 days | |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | Tue 17 March 1885 | Tue 17 March 1885 | 1 day | Chairman |
| The case of Mr J.H Handsaker Committee No.41 | Tue 04 March 1884 | Thu 17 April 1884 | 1 month 14 days | |
| Saywell’s Tramway Bill Committee No.19 | Thu 22 November 1883 | Fri 18 January 1884 | 1 month 28 days | |
| Mort Bay Improvement Bill Committee No.17 | Wed 21 November 1883 | Tue 05 February 1884 | 2 months 16 days | |
| Dubbo Cattle Sale-yards Bill Committee No.8 | Sun 14 October 1883 | Thu 18 October 1883 | 5 days | |
| Member for Monaro | Thu 14 December 1882 | Wed 07 October 1885 | 2 years 9 months 24 days | |
| Forest Lodge, near Tarlo, Estate Bill Committee No.9 | Fri 06 October 1882 | Fri 20 October 1882 | 15 days | |
| Member for Monaro | Thu 02 December 1880 | Wed 07 October 1885 | 4 years 10 months 6 days | |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | Tue 28 October 1879 | Tue 28 October 1879 | 1 day | |
| Refreshment Room No.4 | Wed 11 September 1878 | Thu 24 July 1879 | 10 months 14 days | |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | Tue 10 September 1878 | Tue 10 September 1878 | 1 day | Chairman |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Wed 05 June 1878 | Wed 07 October 1885 | 7 years 4 months 3 days | |
| Member for East Maitland | Wed 05 June 1878 | Tue 09 November 1880 | 2 years 5 months 5 days |
Biography
Community activity
President of the Taxpayers' Union founded in 1902 and Vice - President of the Royal Agricultural Society.
Local Government activity
Councillor for Maitland Council and later became Mayor.
Personal information
Son of Henry Badgery, a pastoralist, and his wife Mary Ann Reilley. Married (1) Julia Eliza Pitt, daughter of his business partner G. M. Pitt, in 1869 and had issue, 2 daughters and 4 sons. Married (2) Alice May King in 1896. Married (3) Sybella Louisa Hooke, daughter of Augustus Hooke in 1900 and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Church of England. His brother, Francis Arthur Badgery, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Stock and station agent. Educated at Goulburn Grammar School and became a stock and station agent. Worked on his father's station until 1864 when he established his own business as a stock and station agent at Sutton Forest. In 1870 he amalgamated his stock and station business with that of JE Wolfe and JN Brunkner at Maitland, later becoming a partner in the Sydney firm of Pitt, Son and Badgery and the Managing Director for 30 years. Was the Director of Badgery Brothers from 1911 to 1917 and Chairman of the Manly Cooperative Steamship Ferry Company.
Additional information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3. Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: 1. Henry Septimus Badgery - papers, 1911. 2. Badgery family - papers, 1860-1870, 1. (MLMSS 1936). 2. FM4/6449-6451. PICMAN IRN: 422608.