Bernard Henry Corser was an Australia

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n politician. In 1912, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 as the member for Burnett

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, joining the Nationalist Party

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 on its formation in 1917. He held the seat until 1928. In 1928, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

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 in a by-election for the seat of Wide Bay

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 caused by the death of his father, Nationalist MP Edward Corser

Edward Corser

Edward Bernard Cresset Corser was an Australian politician. Born in Birmingham, England, he was educated at Worcester and migrated to Australia in 1864. He was a sugar worker and bank officer in Maryborough in Queensland, eventually becoming a businessman. In 1909, he was elected to the Queensland...

. He was elected as a member of the Country Party

National Party of Australia

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. In April 1939, the leader of the Country Party's senior Coalition

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 partner the United Australia Party

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, Prime Minister

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 Joseph Lyons

Joseph Lyons

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, died, and the leader of the Country Party, Earle Page

Earle Page

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, became caretaker Prime Minister. The likely replacement for Lyons was Robert Menzies

Robert Menzies

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, but Page attacked him. Together with Arthur Fadden

Arthur Fadden

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, Thomas Collins

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 and Oliver Badman, Corser dissociated himself from Page, and when the latter resigned as leader, the four were barred from the party meeting that elected Page supporter Archie Cameron

Archie Cameron

Archie Galbraith Cameron , was an Australian politician. He was Leader of the Country Party 1939-40, and Speaker of the House of Representatives 1950-56.-Biography:...

as leader. As a result, Corser and his colleagues rejected Cameron's leadership. Corser retired in 1954 and became a grazier; he died in 1967.