John Storey (politician)

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John Storey
20th Premier of New South Wales
Election: 1920
In office
13 April 1920 – 5 October 1921
Preceded byWilliam Holman
Succeeded byJames Dooley
Personal details
Born(1869-05-15)15 May 1869
Labor Party
John Storey Memorial Clinic, Chippendale

John Storey (15 May 1869 – 5 October 1921) was an Australian politician who was

Labor Party
to recover after the split over conscription and to allow it to continue to be a left-wing pragmatist rather than a socialist party.

Early life

Storey was born at or near

Balmain District Rugby League Football Club.[3]

Elected to Parliament

Storey joined the Labor Electoral League, the precursor of the Labor Party, on its foundation in 1891, and was elected to represent Balmain North in the Legislative Assembly in 1901. Although he was an effective parliamentarian, he was beaten for election to the recreated seat of Balmain by Walter Anderson in 1904, but defeated Anderson in 1907. The McGowen Labor government came to power in 1910, but Storey did not nominate for election to Cabinet.[1]

In 1916, the non-parliamentary party attempted to discipline Premier

socialists taking over the party and his policy speech for the 1920 election promised child endowment and suburban rail electrification rather than socialism.[1]

Premier

See also: Storey ministry

Labor won the 1920 election with a majority of one and Storey became Premier. His thin majority, combined with a substantial minority in

V. Gordon Childe, later internationally famous in the field of archaeology, who wrote the book How Labor Governs, based on his experience as Storey's secretary. In June 1920, he appointed Judge Norman Ewing to carry out a royal commission in to the imprisonment of twelve IWW members in 1916 for treason, arson, sedition and forgery. On Ewing's recommendation, ten were released in August. In early 1921, he prorogued Parliament to prevent his Government being overthrown during a six months absence to visit financiers and a Harley Street doctor in London
. Despite the warnings of his doctor, he undertook heavy work in London and on his return to Sydney in July.

Death

He was admitted to hospital and died at Clermont Private Hospital,

Darlinghurst and was survived by his wife, three sons and two of his three daughters.[1] His funeral service was held at St. Andrew's Cathedral on 7 October 1921, and he was buried at the Field of Mars Cemetery in Ryde the same day.[4]

In 1926, Premier Jack Lang opened the John Storey Memorial Dispensary in Little Regent Street, Chippendale, New South Wales. It served as a practical memorial to John Storey and still functions as a pathology clinic.

Notes

  1. ^
    ISSN 1833-7538
    . Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Mr John Storey (1869–1921)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  3. ISBN 9781134221370
    . Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  4. ^ Sydney Morning Herald: Funeral Notice, 07/10/1921 (page 7)

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New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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Bill Wilks
 Member for Balmain North
1901–1904 		District abolished
Preceded by Member for Balmain
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Himself
& 4 others
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Himself
Smith, Stuart-Robertson
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Preceded by Premier of New South Wales
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