Arthur Blakeley
Arthur Blakeley | |
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Minister for Home Affairs | |
In office 22 October 1929 – 6 January 1932 | |
Prime Minister | James Scullin |
Preceded by | Aubrey Abbott |
Succeeded by | Archdale Parkhill |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Deputy Leader of the Labor Party | |
In office 26 April 1928 – 5 February 1929 | |
Leader | James Scullin |
Preceded by | James Scullin |
Succeeded by | Ted Theodore |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Darling | |
In office 5 May 1917 – 15 September 1934 | |
Preceded by | William Spence |
Succeeded by | Joe Clark |
Personal details | |
Born | Gilberton, South Australia, Australia | 3 July 1886
Died | 27 June 1972 Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia | (aged 85)
Political party | Labor |
Spouse |
Ruby Pauline McCarroll
(m. 1914; died 1962) |
Children | 4 |
Occupation | Unionist |
Arthur Blakeley (3 July 1886 – 27 June 1972) was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1917 to 1934, representing the Labor Party. He was the party's deputy leader from 1928 to 1929 and served as Minister for Home Affairs in the Scullin government (1929–1932).
Early life
Blakeley was born on 3 July 1886 in
Political career
In the
On the advice of the Northern Territory Pastoral Lessees' Association, Blakeley oversaw the re-establishment of the single
At the 1934 election, Blakeley was defeated by the Lang Labor candidate, Joe Clark.[1]
Later life
Blakeley moved to Melbourne and in 1935 he was appointed an inspector of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, which he worked for almost continuously until his retirement in 1952. His wife died in 1962, and he died in 1972 in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Iris, after a state funeral he was cremated. He was survived by two sons and two daughters.[1]
Notes
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
- ^ "NORTHERN TERRITORY". The Age. No. 23, 391. Victoria, Australia. 28 March 1930. p. 18. Retrieved 16 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PROCLAMATION". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 46. Australia. 11 June 1931. p. 931. Retrieved 15 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Protest and Reform in the 1920s and 1930s". Australian Law Reform Commission. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2022.