George Oehlers
Sir George Oehlers OBE | |
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1st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore | |
In office 22 April 1955 – 3 September 1963 | |
Deputy |
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Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Edmund W Barker |
1st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Sabah | |
In office 23 September 1963 – 22 September 1964 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Datuk Haji Mohd Kassim Haji Hashim |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 April 1908 Singapore, Straits Settlement |
Died | 27 October 1968 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | (aged 60)
Resting place | Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore |
Spouse(s) | Daphne Eleanor Pye
(m. 1940; died 1960)Nan Tessensohn née Flynn
(m. 1965–1968) |
Children | 5 |
Parents |
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Alma mater | St Andrew's School Raffles Institution |
Occupation |
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Sir George Edward Noel Oehlers OBE (1 April 1908 – 27 October 1968) was a Singaporean politician, lawyer and public administrator.[2][3][4]
Early life and education[]
George Edward Noel Oehlers was born to George Rae Oehlers and his wife Frances Maude Oehlers. He attended St Andrew's School in Singapore and then the city's Raffles Institution.[2][3]
Career[]
In 1928, Oehlers was called to the bar at Gray's Inn and practised as a barrister in London for three years.[3] He returned to Singapore, and became a City Councillor in 1933, serving until 1941; he returned to the City Council in 1947, but left ahead of his appointment on 1 April 1955 as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore.[3][5] He left that post in September 1963 to chair the Public Utilities Board from 1 November,[3][6] From 1963 to 1964, he was also the Speaker for the Sabah Legislative Assembly and helped to set up the Sabah Legislative Assembly.[4][7] From 1965, he was Chairman of Singapore's Industrial Arbitration Tribunal and, finally, from June 1965 to his death, he was President of the .[3]
Family and death[]
Oehlers married Daphne Eleanor Pye on 20 April 1940. They had five children: Jillian, Lynnette, Harry, John, and Catharine. Daphne Eleanor Pye died on 15 April 1960, and Oehlers remarried on July 1965 to Annie (Nan) Tessensohn née Flynn, a widow.[3][4]
He died in Kuala Lumpur on 27 October 1968 and was buried in Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore.[3][4]
Honours[]
Oehlers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1953, and Knight Bachelor in 1958 for his public service in Singapore.[3][4][8][9]
References[]
- ^ "Speakers of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020.
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- ^ a b "Oehlers, Sir George Edward Noel", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sir George dies". The Straits Times. 28 October 1968. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e "Sir George Edward Noel Oehlers". Infopedia. 2009 – via NLB.
- ^ "List of Former Speakers". Singapore Parliament. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Public Utilities Board". HistorySG. 2011 – via NLB.
- ^ "List of State Legislative Speakers". Sabah State Legislative Assembly (in Malay). Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1953. pp. 2973–2974.
- ^ "No. 41404". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1958. pp. 3511–3512.
- 1908 births
- 1968 deaths
- Knights Bachelor
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore
- Speakers of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly