John Albert Southwood
John Albert Southwood (1868 – 18 October 1945) was an Australian politician, newspaperman and trade unionist.[1][2][3] He represented the
Southwood was born at
He was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1912 state election for Wallaroo, but successfully shifted to East Torrens in 1915 when a redistribution reduced the number of members for the Wallaroo electorate. A supporter of conscription in World War I, he was expelled from the Labor Party in the 1917 Labor split and joined the new National Party, which went into coalition with the conservative Liberal Union. He was re-elected for the National Party at the 1918 election, but resigned from that party to sit as an Independent Labor MHA in 1920 after disagreements with the agenda of the conservative government. He retired at the 1921 election.[2][1][5][3][9]
Southwood was elected South Australian state secretary of the Australian Theatrical and Amusement Employees' Association in 1915, succeeding Lionel Hill.[10] He served as state secretary for thirty years, retiring in 1945, only two weeks before his death. He had also served two terms as the union's federal president.[11][2]
References
- ^ The Chronicle. 3 April 1915. p. 17. Retrieved 5 September 2015 – via Trove.
- ^ The Kadina and Wallaroo Times. 27 July 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 5 September 2015 – via Trove.
- ^ a b c "The Elections". The Pioneer. 16 April 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2015 – via Trove.
- Daily Herald. 10 March 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2015 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "Leaves National Party". The World. 27 July 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 5 September 2015 – via Trove.
- ^ Bailey, Keith (1990). Copper City Chronicle: A History of Kadina. pp. 62–3.
- ^ "Theatrical Employes' Secretary". The News (Home ed.). 6 August 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 5 September 2015 – via Trove.
- ^ "10.1 Adoption of Council Policy – Naming of Public Streets, Roads, Etc" (PDF). District Council of the Copper Coast. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "John Albert Southwood". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- Daily Herald. 15 June 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2015 – via Trove.
- ^ "Union Man Retiring After 30 Years". The News. 4 October 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2015 – via Trove.