Harrie Seward
Harrie Seward | |
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Senator for Western Australia | |
In office 28 April 1951 – 23 July 1958 | |
Succeeded by | Tom Drake-Brockman |
Personal details | |
Born | Rochester, Victoria | 26 February 1884
Died | 23 July 1958 Subiaco, Western Australia | (aged 74)
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Australian Country Party |
Occupation | Farmer |
Harrie Stephen Seward (26 February 1884 – 23 July 1958) was an Australian politician.
The brother of Leo Seward, and the son Stephen Seward (1853-1923),[1] and Mary Ellen Seward (?1849-1935), née Kelleher,[2][3] Harrie Stephen Seward was born at Rochester, Victoria.
He was educated in Ballarat at St Patrick's College. He became a bank officer, and moved to Western Australia, becoming a farmer at Pingelly from 1913.
He served in the military 1915–1919.
In 1933 he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Country Party member for Pingelly, serving as Minister for Railways and Transport from 1947 until 1948.
In 1950, he left the Assembly, and in 1951 was elected to the Australian Senate as a federal Country Party Senator for Western Australia. He held the seat until his death in 1958.[4]
References[]
- ^ Deaths: Seward, The West Australian, (Monday, 21 December 1925), p.1.
- ^ Marriage: Seward—Keleher, The Argus, (Wednesday, 9 August 1876), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Seward, The West Australian, (Tuesday, 16 July 1935), p.1.
- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- 1884 births
- 1958 deaths
- Members of the Australian Senate for Western Australia
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
- National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
- National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
- People from Pingelly, Western Australia
- 20th-century Australian politicians
- People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat
- National Party of Australia politician stubs