Date of Birth: 06/01/1856
Place of Birth: Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 15/08/1932
Place of Death: Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 |
26 May 1891 |
02 Jun 1891 |
8 days |
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| Borough of Willoughby Naming Bill Committee No.24 |
17 Jul 1890 |
22 Jul 1890 |
6 days |
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| Willoughby and Gordon Tramway Act Amending Bill Committee No.13 |
13 May 1890 |
20 May 1890 |
8 days |
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| Mrs Cunynghame, late Superintendent of Macquarie Street Asylum for Infirm and Destitute, Parramatta Committee No.8 |
30 Apr 1890 |
23 Sep 1890 |
4 months 25 days |
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| Standing Orders Committee No.3 |
30 Apr 1890 |
03 Dec 1890 |
7 months 4 days |
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| Standing Orders Committee No.3 |
27 Nov 1889 |
21 Dec 1889 |
25 days |
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| Mrs Cunynghame, Late superintendent of Macquarie Street Asylum for Infirm and Destitute, Parramatta Committee No.23 |
05 Jul 1889 |
27 Sep 1889 |
2 months 23 days |
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| Standing Orders Committee No.4 |
03 Apr 1889 |
16 May 1889 |
1 month 14 days |
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| Member for South Sydney |
02 Feb 1889 |
06 Jun 1891 |
2 years 4 months 5 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
02 Feb 1889 |
06 Jun 1891 |
2 years 4 months 5 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (barrister). Educated at Lyndhurst College and Fort Street Training School (1874). Taught for two years in Wollongong. taught in Sydney while attending the University of Sydney (M.A 1879, LL.B 1881). Admitted to the Bar in on 31 July 1882. Became a District Court Judge and Chairman of Quarter Sessions on 2 August 1911. Appointed a Judge of the New South Wales Court of Industrial Arbitration in 1914 and Chairman of the Necessary Commodities Committee from 1914 - 1919. Briefly became President of the Board of Trade 1920, and Senior Judge of New South Wales Industrial Court 1920 - 1926. Chairman of Coal Commission in 1925. Royal Commissioner into railways 1920 - 1922, parliamentary salaries 1920, safety in coal mines 1925 - 1926. Appointed by W.M Hughes as special coal tribunal 1916. Conciliator during 1919 - 1920 miners strike at Broken Hill. Fellow of St Johns College 1883 - 1893.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of John Edmunds, saddler and his wife Rosina Smith. Married Monica Victoria May McGrath on 9 February 1897 and had issue, 5 daughters and 1 son. Roman Catholic.
Additional Information
H. T. E. Holt, 'A Court Rises: The Lives and Times of the Judges of the
District Court of New South Wales (1859 - 1959)', Sydney, the Law Foundation of
New South Wales, 1976.
