Fred Hurtle Stacey was a member of 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....

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Born in Carey Gully, South Australia

South Australia

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, the fourth son of Henry and Anne Stacey. Stacey was educated at Uraidla. Stacey worked as a gold miner, farm labourer, timber miller and contractor prior to his election as Mayor of St Peters in 1928, serving in that position until 1932.

Stacey gained United Australia Party

United Australia Party

The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...

 pre-selection for the federal Division of Adelaide

Division of Adelaide

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 and was elected at the 1931 election

Australian federal election, 1931

Federal elections were held in Australia on 19 December 1931. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election...

. Following his defeat at the 1943 election

Australian federal election, 1943

Federal elections were held in Australia on 21 August 1943. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin easily defeated the opposition Country Party led...

, Stacey moved to Evandale

Evandale, South Australia

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. Twice married, Stacey had four children; Kenneth, Lindsay, Marion and Marjorie.

External links

• Fred Stacy Caricature from 1936, National Library of Australia