Carty Salmon

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The Honourable
Carty Salmon
2nd Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
In office
23 July 1909 – 30 June 1910
Preceded byFrederick Holder
Succeeded byCharles McDonald
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Grampians
In office
20 February 1915 – 15 September 1917
Preceded byEdward Jolley
Succeeded byEdmund Jowett
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Laanecoorie
In office
29 March 1901 – 23 April 1913
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byDivision abolished
Personal details
Born
Charles Carty Salmon

(1860-07-27)27 July 1860
Edinburgh Medical School
ProfessionDoctor
Signature

Charles Carty Salmon (27 July 1860 – 15 September 1917) was an Australian politician who served as the second

Third Deakin Ministry. Salmon lost his seat in 1913, but returned to the House at a by-election
in 1915. He died in office two years later.

Early life

Salmon was born at

Edinburgh Medical School, making time for tours of England and the continent.[1]

Carty Salmon, as he was commonly known, registered as a doctor in Melbourne in 1891, and entered practice at

South Yarra. He was honorary surgeon for the South Yarra Relief Committee where he met Alfred Deakin
, and the two men formed a lifelong friendship. The medical profession also proved not to be to his taste.

Colonial politics

Salmon won an 1893 by-election for the

independent, His biographer writes that 'Immediately he abandoned medicine for politics and soon identified with the Deakinite liberal causes of anti-sweating legislation, a shorter working week and a high tariff'[2] He was a minister without portfolio, and subsequently minister for public instruction and commissioner for trade and customs, in Allan McLean
's government from 1899–1900.

Federal politics

Salmon as Speaker of the House

In 1901, Salmon won election to the new

chairman of committees from 1904 to 1905.[3]

In 1909, when the Protectionists amalgamated with the

"Fusion" Liberal Party. He was known as "an undistinguished but loyal personal follower" of Alfred Deakin, who began his third term as prime minister on 2 June. On 23 July, the incumbent speaker Sir Frederick Holder suffered a fatal cerebral haemorrhage while in the chamber. Salmon was elected as his successor on the same day, defeating Philip Fysh and Agar Wynne with the aid of Deakin's personal support.[4]

Salmon's term as Speaker lasted less than a year, as the

Nationalist Party
upon its formation in 1916.

Australian Natives' Association

Charles Carty Salmon joined the South Yarra branch of the Australian Natives' Association ANA in 1894, and was immediately elevated to the board of directors. He was elected Chief President in 1898.

Punch magazine commented cynically that Carty Salmon also aligned himself with the 'rising young men' in the House who were 'using the Australian Natives Association as a ladder to climb on'. He joined the association in 1894, and his 'pleasant drawing-room manner of speaking' soon made him 'a leading figure in the councils of the A.N.A.'[5] Punch also noted that his election in 1898 as chief president of the ANA was 'great luck for Carty'. 'That year was the year of the referendum over Federation, and he was able to achieve a great reputation as a Federalist through the efforts of the association over which he presided'. A close examination of Carty Salmon's record as chief president does not disprove this judgement.

Marriage

In 1900 Carty Salmon married Nancy Anne Harris, whose father had been Mayor of Sydney. In 1901 Salmon moved into federal politics.

Freemason

Salmon was a

Leader of the Opposition Matthew Charlton
attended his funeral.

References

  1. ^ Punch (Melbourne) 12 January 1894, p.6.
  2. ^ "Charles Carty (Carty) Salmon (1860–1917)". I. R. Hancock, 'Salmon, Charles Carty (Carty) (1860–1917)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 1988. Retrieved 7 April 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Appendix 3—Deputy Speakers". House of Representatives Practice (7th ed.). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. ^ Souter, Gavin (1988). Acts of Parliament: A Narrative History of the Senate and House of Representatives. Melbourne University Press. p. 115.
  5. ^ Punch (Melbourne) 5 August 1909, p.6.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Talbot and Avoca
1894–1901 		Succeeded by
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
1909–1910 		Succeeded by
Division created Member for Laanecoorie
1901–1913 		Division abolished
Preceded by Member for Grampians
1915–1917 		Succeeded by
Masonic offices
Preceded by Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria
1914–1918 		Succeeded by
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