Ernest Carr
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Ernest "Ernie" Shoebridge Carr (28 September 1875 - 17 September 1956) was an early twentieth century member of the Australian House of Representatives
and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
.
Born in Dubbo, New South Wales
, the son of a soap manufacturer, Carr was educated at state schools and worked as a journalist and editor of an Orange
based newspaper prior to gaining Australian Labor Party
pre-selection for the Bathurst
based electorate of Macquarie
.
Carr won Macquarie at the 1906 federal election, aided by his opponent, the Postmaster General Sydney Smith
, residing outside the electorate, the nationwide growth in support for Labor and the strength of the union movement around the industrial city of Bathurst.
Carr comfortably held his seat over subsequent elections until his expulsion from the ALP in November 1916 following his support for conscription
. He briefly served as an independent before joining the newly formed pro-conscription Nationalist Party of Australia
in February 1917. In one of the closest polling results in Australian electoral history, Carr lost the 1917 election by nine votes.
Following his election loss, Carr returned to journalism and bought a Hawkesbury based newspaper, which served him well when he successfully stood as the Nationalist candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
electorate of Cumberland in 1920. Carr lost his seat at the 1922 election and after unsuccessfully standing for Cumberland as an independent in 1925, Carr returned to newspaper proprietary until his death in Parramatta
. He was survived by his wife, two daughters and two sons.
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....
and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
.
Born in Dubbo, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, the son of a soap manufacturer, Carr was educated at state schools and worked as a journalist and editor of an Orange
Orange, New South Wales
Orange is a city in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is west of the state capital, Sydney, at an altitude of . Orange has an estimated population of 39,329 and the city is a major provincial centre....
based newspaper prior to gaining Australian 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...
pre-selection for the Bathurst
Bathurst, New South Wales
-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
based electorate of Macquarie
Division of Macquarie
The Division of Macquarie is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Lachlan Macquarie, who was Governor of New South Wales between 1810 and 1821...
.
Carr won Macquarie at the 1906 federal election, aided by his opponent, the Postmaster General Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith (Australian politician)
-Early years:Born in Colyton, near Penrith, west of Sydney, the son of a hotel keeper, Smith was educated at public schools before gaining work with the railways...
, residing outside the electorate, the nationwide growth in support for Labor and the strength of the union movement around the industrial city of Bathurst.
Carr comfortably held his seat over subsequent elections until his expulsion from the ALP in November 1916 following his support for conscription
Conscription
Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...
. He briefly served as an independent before joining the newly formed pro-conscription Nationalist Party of Australia
Nationalist Party of Australia
The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...
in February 1917. In one of the closest polling results in Australian electoral history, Carr lost the 1917 election by nine votes.
Following his election loss, Carr returned to journalism and bought a Hawkesbury based newspaper, which served him well when he successfully stood as the Nationalist candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
electorate of Cumberland in 1920. Carr lost his seat at the 1922 election and after unsuccessfully standing for Cumberland as an independent in 1925, Carr returned to newspaper proprietary until his death in Parramatta
Parramatta, New South Wales
Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...
. He was survived by his wife, two daughters and two sons.