Ted Needham
Ted Needham | |
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File:Edward Needham.jpg | |
Senator for Western Australia | |
In office 1 July 1907 – 30 June 1920 |
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In office 1 July 1923 – 30 June 1929 |
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Personal details | |
Born | Lancashire, England |
30 September 1872
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Nationality | English Australian |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Spouse(s) | Lillian needham nee Lillian gosden |
Children | 2 boys |
Occupation | Boilermaker |
Edward "Ted" Needham (30 September 1872 – 26 October 1956) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Lancashire, he was educated at Catholic schools before becoming a coal miner and shipyard worker. He migrated to Australia in 1900, becoming a boilermaker in Fremantle, Western Australia. He was a union and Labor Party official, and married a sister of future Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin. In 1904, he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Fremantle, serving until 1905. In 1906, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Western Australia. He was the only one of Western Australia's six Labor senators to remain loyal to the party after the 1916 split over conscription; he lost his seat in 1919 as a result. Re-elected in 1922, his second Senate term lasted until his defeat in 1928, taking effect in 1929. In 1933, he returned to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Perth, shifting to North Perth in 1950. He left the Assembly in 1953. Needham died in 1956.[1] At the time of his death, he was the last surviving member of the 1907-1910 Senate.
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Preceded by | Leader of the Australian Labor Party in the Senate 1926–1929 |
Succeeded by John Daly |
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