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Mr George (Edwin) WRENCH (1876 - 1948)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1876
Place of Birth: Birmingham, England
Date of Death: 06/11/1948
Place of Death: Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 21 Dec 1925 22 Apr 1934 8 years 4 months 2 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 21 December 1925
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Patternmaker. Worked in Panama and for Westinghouse Machine Company in United States of America before arriving in Australia in c.1911; lived in Auburn, became a foreman patternmaker with Purcell Engineering Company; became a district secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering Union following 1917 strike.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
The exact date of birth is not known; 1 January is put in for database reasons. Son of William Wrench, carpenter, and Selina Woods. Married Christina Martin Gillies on 18 October 1913 at Auburn and had issue, 1 daughter. Presbyterian. Funeral at Presbyterian cemetery at Rookwood.
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.