Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member for Oxley | Sat 26 March 1938 | Fri 18 April 1941 | 3 years 24 days | |
| Member for Oxley | Sat 11 May 1935 | Thu 24 February 1938 | 2 years 9 months 14 days | |
| Secretary for Public Works and Minister for Local Government | Sat 18 June 1932 | Wed 16 August 1939 | 7 years 1 month 30 days | |
| Minister of Justice | Sat 18 June 1932 | Wed 16 August 1939 | 7 years 1 month 30 days | |
| Member for Oxley | Sat 11 June 1932 | Fri 12 April 1935 | 2 years 10 months 2 days | |
| Member for Oxley | Sat 25 October 1930 | Wed 18 May 1932 | 1 year 6 months 24 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Sat 08 October 1927 | Fri 18 April 1941 | 13 years 6 months 11 days | |
| Member for Oxley | Sat 08 October 1927 | Thu 18 September 1930 | 2 years 11 months 11 days |
Biography
Political party activity
Liberal Party. Councillor from 1913 until 1918; stood as Progressive in 1922; National and United Australia Party councillor, vice president from 1932 until 1942.
Local Government activity
Alderman at Taree from 1906 until 1928, Mayor from 1911 until 1913, 1920 until 1921.
Personal information
Son of Robert Martin, miner, later became a Church of England Minister and Antoinette Laura Ormsby. Married Lucy Danvers in 1900 and had issue, 1 daughter and 7 sons. Church of England. Funeral at Northern suburbs crematorium from St James Church of England, King Street.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (solicitor). Came to New South Wales at an early age; articled to C. Way in 1889, assigned to C. R. A Smith in 1893; University of Sydney obtained a BA in 1893 and LLB in 1895; admitted as a solicitor in 1895, practised in Taree; owned dairying and grazing properties near Taree with his sons; member of Farmers and Settlers' Association in 1911; fellow of Senate of University of Sydney from 1937 until 1941.