Patrick Grace (politician)
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Patrick Raphael Grace was an Australian politician.
Born in Corowa
to farmer John Grace and Jane Elizabeth Maher, he was educated at Yanco
Public School and worked on his father's farm as a roadmaker, opening as a stock and station agent in 1920. On 15 October 1930 he married Eileen Clayton, with whom he had three children. He was secretary of the Yanco branch of the Australian Labor Party
, and also entered a partnership with a butchery. In 1952 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council
. In 1959 he was expelled from the party for opposing the bill to abolish the Legislative Council; he was subsequently a member of the Independent Labor Group
. Grace left the Council in 1964; he died in 1975 at Yanco.
Born in Corowa
Corowa, New South Wales
Corowa is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is on the bank of the Murray River, the border between New South Wales and Victoria, opposite the Victorian town of Wahgunyah. Corowa is the administrative centre of Corowa Shire...
to farmer John Grace and Jane Elizabeth Maher, he was educated at Yanco
Yanco, New South Wales
Yanco is a village with a population of 572 in Leeton Shire in South Western New South Wales, Australia. Yanco is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning the sound of running water. Yanco is located three kilometres from Leeton along the Irrigation Way...
Public School and worked on his father's farm as a roadmaker, opening as a stock and station agent in 1920. On 15 October 1930 he married Eileen Clayton, with whom he had three children. He was secretary of the Yanco branch of the 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...
, and also entered a partnership with a butchery. In 1952 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
. In 1959 he was expelled from the party for opposing the bill to abolish the Legislative Council; he was subsequently a member of the Independent Labor Group
Independent Labor Group
The Independent Labor Group was a minor Australian political grouping in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1959 to 1977. The group emerged when a number of Labor Party MLCs were expelled from the party for voting against the abolition of the Legislative Council, which was then party...
. Grace left the Council in 1964; he died in 1975 at Yanco.