Harry Bruce (politician)
Harry Bruce | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Leichhardt | |
In office 28 April 1951 – 11 October 1958 | |
Preceded by | Tom Gilmore |
Succeeded by | Bill Fulton |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Kennedy | |
In office 12 May 1923 – 11 June 1932 | |
Preceded by | John Jones |
Succeeded by | Arthur Fadden |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for The Tableland | |
In office 11 June 1932 – 28 April 1950 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Wandiligong, Victoria | 16 May 1884
Died | 11 October 1958 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | (aged 74)
Resting place | Balmoral Cemetery |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Aveline Anderson |
Occupation | Sugar grower |
Henry Adam "Harry" Bruce (16 May 1884 – 11 October 1958) was an Australian politician, firstly for Queensland and later for the Parliament of Australia.
Biography[]
Born in Wandiligong, Victoria, he was educated at Haileybury College in Melbourne before moving to Queensland to become a bushworker in 1902. Later, he was a sugar grower and an organiser of the Australian Workers' Union.
In 1923 Bruce was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for the district of Kennedy.[1] In 1932, he was elected as member for The Tableland. In that year he was appointed ; in 1938 he was also made Secretary of Public Instruction, a position he held until 1941. In 1947 he was transferred from Public Works to Public Instruction.[1] During this time, the Bruce Highway was named in his honour.
Bruce left the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1950,[1] and the following year was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Leichhardt. Bruce died in 1958 and was buried in Balmoral Cemetery.[2] As the federal election of that year was drawing close, no by-election was held to replace him.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Bruce Henry Adan M H R Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
External links[]
Media related to Henry Bruce (Australian politician) at Wikimedia Commons
- 1868 births
- 1958 deaths
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Leichhardt
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- Burials in Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane
- 20th-century Australian politicians
- Australia Labor Party, Representative stubs