Wilfred Blacket
Wilfred Blacket KC (27 September 1859 – 6 February 1937) was an Australian barrister.
He was born in
Aborigines. He married Gertrude Louisa Lovegrove on 24 April 1894, by which time he had a successful and substantial practice.[1] During this period he twice ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Protectionist.[2]
Around 1900 Blacket became secretary to the Statute Law Consolidation Commission, but he was not appointed to the Supreme Court despite his obvious qualifications. He was royal commissioner into Federal capital administration in 1916–17. In 1912 he took silk, and practised mainly in the High Court, where he became known as a radical with unionist sympathies. In 1927 he published his memoirs, May It Please Your Honour. He died at Lindfield in 1937.[1]
References
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Candidates Index: Benjamin to Bladon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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