David Henry Drummond was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician and farmer.

Drummond was born in Lewisham

Lewisham, New South Wales

Lewisham is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lewisham is located 8 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Marrickville Council. The postcode is 2049...

, Sydney

Sydney

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 and was educated at public schools and at The Scots College

The Scots College

For other schools with a similar name see Scots College.The Scots College is an independent Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys, located in Bellevue Hill, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

, but was forced by financial problems to seek work. In 1902, he became a ward of the state

Ward (law)

In law, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian. A court may take responsibility for the legal protection of an individual, usually either a child or incapacitated person, in which case the ward is known as a ward of the court, or a ward of the state, in the United States,...

. He moved to Armidale

Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region...

 in 1907 as a farm-hand and in 1913 he married Pearl Hilda Victoria Goode, daughter of a grazier in Uralla

Uralla, New South Wales

Uralla is a small town and on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. The town is located at the intersection of the New England Highway and Thunderbolts Way 465 kilometres north of Sydney and about 23 kilometres south west of the city of Armidale...

.

State politics

Drummond was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 in 1920, representing Northern Tablelands

Electoral district of Northern Tablelands

Northern Tablelands is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by independent member Richard Torbay....

 the Progressive Party, which in due course became the Country Party

National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...

 and from 1927 to 1949, he was the member for Armidale

Electoral district of Armidale

Armidale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing New England, and named after and including Armidale. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Northern...

. He was a foundation member of the New England

New England (Australia)

New England or New England North West is the name given to a generally undefined region about 60 kilometres inland, that includes the Northern Tablelands and the North West Slopes regions in the north of the state of New South Wales, Australia.-History:The region has been occupied by Indigenous...

 New State Movement. He was Minister for Education from 1927 to 1930 and 1932 to 1941. He established the Armidale Teachers College in the 1930s and helped establish the University of New England

University of New England, Australia

The University of New England is an Australian public university with approximately 18,000 higher education students. Its original and main campus is located in the city of Armidale in northern New South Wales....

 in 1937.

Federal politics

In 1949, Drummond switched to federal politics and was elected to the 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....

 seat of New England

Division of New England

The Division of New England is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the north-east of the state, adjoining the border with Queensland. It includes such towns as Armidale, Ashford, Barraba, Bingara, Bundarra, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, Guyra, Inverell,...

. Drummond retired in 1963 and died in Armidale

Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region...

 in 1965. He was survived by his second wife and four of six daughters of his first marriage. His great grandson Mr Drummond currently resides in HB and is known to his friends as Mr.Drummond.mpeg or "that little bit of hope"

Drummond's Publications

• Drummond, D H, Constitutional Change in Australia: Current Problems and Contributing Factors, Glen Innes Examiner, Glen Innes, 1926
• Drummond, D H, The New States Movement - Its Basis and Objectives, The Australian Quarterly, June 1931, No 10, Vol 3, pp 46-57
• Drummond, D H, Australian Problems of Government: Federation vs Unification, Armidale Express Print, Armidale, no date (?1933)
• Drummond D H, Some Economic Aspects of Education, Lecture 1, 1937 Session,Blennerhassett's Institute of Accountancy, Sydney, 1937
• Drummond, D H, Report of Inquiries made into various aspects of Education during a visit to the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States of America and Canada, and Proceedings of the 1936 New Education Fellowship Conference at Cheltenham, England, Government Printer, Sydney, 1937
• Drummond, D H, Technical Education in relation to Defence, Government Printer, Sydney, 1940
• Drummond, D H, Australia's Changing Constitution: No States or New States, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1940
• Drummond, D H, The General Case for Revision of the Constitution, in David Maughan, D H Drummond, P C Spender and F A Bland, Constitutional Revision in Australia, Australasian Publishing Company in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Political Science, Sydney, 1944
• Drummond, D H, The Future of Education in Australia, Armidale Express Print, Armidale, 1954
• Drummond, D H, Australian Dilemma, Armidale Express Print, Armidale, 1955
• Drummond, D H, A University is Born. The Story of the Founding of the University College of New England,Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1959
• Drummond, D H, The Changing Tides of Education, Armidale and District Historical Society, Journal and Proceedings, Vol 2, No 1, October 1961, pp 1-11