Crawford Vaughan
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Crawford Vaughan was Premier of South Australia between 3 April 1915 and 14 July 1917.
Vaughan unsuccessfully campaigned for a seat in the Australian House of Representatives
in 1901, and for the Australian Senate
in 1903. He then turned to state politics, and entered the South Australian parliament by winning the seat of Torrens
in 1905, representing the United Labor Party
. He held this seat until 1915, when he became the member for Sturt. He became Treasurer of South Australia in 1910 in the government of Premier John Verran
. Verran and Labor lost government in 1912. When Verran resigned the leadership of the party in 1913, Vaughan was elected to the post.
Vaughan and Labor defeated the Liberal Union
government led by Archibald Peake
in 1915, with 26 of 46 seats in the House of Assembly
. His government improved the education system by restructuring the department's senior bureaucracy, by extending the years of compulsory school attendance and by providing better facilities for the intellectually and physically disabled. The government legislated to allow women to serve in the police force and as justices of the peace, while it also improved workers' access to the arbitration system and diminished the court's punitive powers against trade unions. A wheat pool
was created, as were land and housing schemes for war veterans. However, the government also passed a law designed to close Lutheran
primary schools.
He resigned from the Labor Party in 1916 in support of Billy Hughes
' conscription, and was a founding member of the National Labor Party
. He remained as premier until 1917, when his government was defeated in parliament over the conscription issue, with Peake becoming Premier for a third time.
He married in 1906 to Evelyn Goode, daughter of Thomas Goode, manager for over 30 years of Canowie Station near Hallett, SA. After her death in 1927 he remarried in 1934 to Millicent Preston-Stanley
.
Vaughan unsuccessfully campaigned for a seat in the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
in 1901, and for the Australian Senate
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
in 1903. He then turned to state politics, and entered the South Australian parliament by winning the seat of Torrens
Electoral district of Torrens
Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Located along the River Torrens, and named after Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th century Premier of South Australia, and also the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system. Torrens is...
in 1905, representing the United Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
. He held this seat until 1915, when he became the member for Sturt. He became Treasurer of South Australia in 1910 in the government of Premier John Verran
John Verran
John Verran was the 26th Premier of South Australia, serving from 1910 to 1912. The 1910 election saw the South Australian division of the Australian Labor Party form a majority government, the first time a party had done so in South Australia...
. Verran and Labor lost government in 1912. When Verran resigned the leadership of the party in 1913, Vaughan was elected to the post.
Vaughan and Labor defeated the Liberal Union
Liberal Union (Australia)
The Liberal Union was a political party resulting from a merger between the Liberal and Democratic Union and the conservatives in South Australia. It lasted from 1910 to 1922 when it became the Liberal Federation....
government led by Archibald Peake
Archibald Peake
Archibald Henry Peake was an Australian politician and the 25th Premier of South Australia, serving on three separate occasions in the 1910s.-Early life and career:...
in 1915, with 26 of 46 seats in the House of Assembly
South Australian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.- Overview :...
. His government improved the education system by restructuring the department's senior bureaucracy, by extending the years of compulsory school attendance and by providing better facilities for the intellectually and physically disabled. The government legislated to allow women to serve in the police force and as justices of the peace, while it also improved workers' access to the arbitration system and diminished the court's punitive powers against trade unions. A wheat pool
Wheat pool
A wheat pool is a co-operative that buys grain from farmers.In Canada in 1923 and 24, three wheat pools were created. They were farmer-owned co-operatives, created to break the power of the large for-profit corporations, that had dominated the grain trade in Western Canada since the late 19th...
was created, as were land and housing schemes for war veterans. However, the government also passed a law designed to close Lutheran
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
primary schools.
He resigned from the Labor Party in 1916 in support of Billy Hughes
Billy Hughes
William Morris "Billy" Hughes, CH, KC, MHR , Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923....
' conscription, and was a founding member of the National Labor Party
National Labor Party
The National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I...
. He remained as premier until 1917, when his government was defeated in parliament over the conscription issue, with Peake becoming Premier for a third time.
He married in 1906 to Evelyn Goode, daughter of Thomas Goode, manager for over 30 years of Canowie Station near Hallett, SA. After her death in 1927 he remarried in 1934 to Millicent Preston-Stanley
Millicent Preston-Stanley
Millicent Preston-Stanley was an Australian feminist, politician and the first female member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the second woman to enter government in Australia.Preston-Stanley was born in Sydney...
.