Sol Rosevear

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The Honourable
Sol Rosevear
11th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
In office
22 June 1943 – 21 February 1950
Preceded byWalter Nairn
Succeeded byArchie Cameron
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Dalley
In office
19 December 1931 – 21 March 1953
Preceded byTed Theodore
Succeeded byArthur Greenup
Personal details
Born(1892-01-04)4 January 1892
NSW Labor (1931–36)
Labor (1936–40)
Labor (N-C) (1940–41)
Labor
(1941–53)
SpouseClara May White
OccupationTimber worker

John Solomon "Sol" Rosevear (4 January 1892 – 21 March 1953) was an Australian politician, and was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1943 to 1950.

Early life

Rosevear was born on 4 January 1892 in Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales. He was the seventh child of Maria (née McGuirk) and William John Rosevear. His father was a carter. Rosevear attended the local public school before beginning work in the timber industry, where he became known as a skilled tradesman. He married Clara May White on 23 September 1916, with whom he had two children.[1]

Rosevear became involved in the

the dole, and was due to receive his first payment on the day he was elected to federal parliament.[2]

Politics

Sol Rosevear

Rosevear was an

House of Representatives under the leadership of Jack Beasley until 1936, when the two factions reunited. Following the second split of 1940, Rosevear was deputy-leader of the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist)
.

In 1941,

Department of Supply and Development.[3] By ministerial decree in November 1942, he was given the power to regulate the manufacture of footwear and materials for the manufacture of footwear.[4]

Speaker of the House

Rosevear was disappointed not to receive a cabinet post, but was appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives on 22 June 1943. He gained a reputation as an inflexible Speaker, accused by the media and the Opposition of partisanship; journalist E.H. Cox claimed that he was "frequently drunk in the Chair". Rosevear also permitted illegal gambling in the Chamber, and participated himself.

Rosevear continued to be influential in caucus, and it was rumoured that he hoped to succeed Ben Chifley as party leader, but his "taste for grog" was seen as a disqualification by some. In the 1949 election the Chifley government was defeated by the Liberal/Country Party coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies and Rosevear lost the Speakership. He continued to sit in the House until his death of coronary occlusion on 21 March 1953(1953-03-21) (aged 61). He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. A portrait of Rosevear by Joshua Smith won the Archibald Prize in 1944.[1]

References

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  1. ^
    ISSN 1833-7538
    . Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. The Sunday Herald
    . 22 March 1953 – via Trove.
  3. The Hobart Mercury
    . 1 August 1942 – via Trove.
  4. ^ Beasley, Jack (25 November 1942). "Control of production and distribution of footwear order". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette – via Trove.

 

Australian House of Representatives
Preceded by Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
1943–1949 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Dalley
1931–1953 		Succeeded by
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