Albert Green (Australian politician)

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Western Australian Parliament
for Kalgoorlie
In office
21 October 1914 – 12 March 1921
Preceded byGeorge McLeod
Succeeded byJohn Boyland
In office
3 October 1911 – 8 December 1913
Preceded byNorbert Keenan
Succeeded byGeorge McLeod
Personal details
Born(1869-12-21)21 December 1869
Avoca, Victoria, Australia
Died2 October 1940(1940-10-02) (aged 70)
Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLabor
Spouse
Emily Elenor Berry
​
(m. 1899)​

Albert Ernest Green (21 December 1869 – 2 October 1940) was an Australian politician. He arrived in

Scullin Ministry
.

Biography

Green was born and went to primary school in

Ballarat and later in the family's bricklaying business. He travelled in the United States and Central America between 1889 and 1895 and as a result was known as "Texas". He was active in the brickmasons' society at San Francisco, and it was even suggested by one contemporary source that he had assisted revolutionary insurgents in Guatemala.[1] In June 1895, he moved to Western Australia and established a branch of the Australian Natives' Association (A.N.A.) in Perth. In November 1895, he became a postal clerk in the gold rush town of Coolgardie. He was soon transferred to nearby Kalgoorlie, where he founded branches of the A.N.A. and the Post and Telegraphists' Union and became involved in local Labour politics. He married Emily Eleanor Berry in January 1899 at St John's Church, Kalgoorlie[2]

Political career

State politics

Green won the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Kalgoorlie in the 1911 election, following the retirement of the independent member, Norbert Keenan. In December 1913, he resigned to seek pre-selection for the Federal seat of Kalgoorlie but lost to Hugh Mahon. He was re-elected to the state seat in October 1914 and held it to March 1921, when he was defeated by the independent Nationalist candidate John Boyland. Between March 1921 and December 1922 he worked for the Westralian Worker newspaper.[2]

Federal politics

Green working at his desk, 1931

Green won the federal Kalgoorlie seat at the

Postmaster-General and Minister for Works and Railways. He was upset by Lyons' defection from the Labor Party and, according to Geoffrey Bolton, Green chased Lyons' train along the Canberra railway station platform shouting "For God's sake, don't do it, Joe!" In opposition after the 1931 election, he campaigned for fellow Western Australian John Curtin to be elected party leader.[2]

Death

Green died at East Coolgardie on 2 October 1940, survived by his wife and three sons and a daughter.[2]

Notes

  1. ISBN 0-85905-073-4
    .
  2. ^
    OCLC 70677943
    . Retrieved 14 October 2007.
Political offices
Preceded by
William Glasgow
 Minister for Defence
1929–1931 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Postmaster-General

1931–1932 		Succeeded by
James Fenton
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member for Kalgoorlie
1922–1940 		Succeeded by
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