Fred Stacey

Fred Stacey
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Adelaide
In office
19 December 1931 – 21 August 1943
Preceded byGeorge Edwin Yates
Succeeded byCyril Chambers
Personal details
Born(1879-08-06)6 August 1879
Carey Gully, South Australia
Died17 September 1964(1964-09-17) (aged 85)
Political partyUnited Australia Party
OccupationVarious

Fred Hurtle Stacey (6 August 1879 – 17 September 1964) was an Australian politician.[1] He was a United Australia Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1931 to 1943, representing the electorate of Adelaide.

He was born at Carey Gully, South Australia, the fourth son of Henry and Anne Stacey.[2][3] He worked as a miner at Moonta and Wallaroo and in Western Australia, managed his father's orchard for a time, and became involved in the timber industry, owning the Lenswood Case and Timber Mills, which supplied timber to the mines and for fruit cases. He was involved in the local community at Uraidla, serving on the local show and school committees, but later retired from the timber business and moved to suburban Maylands.[4][5] He was a Corporate Town of St Peters councillor from 1923 to 1925, an alderman from 1925 to 1928, and mayor from 1928 to 1932.[5][6][7][8]

Stacey was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1931 federal election, defeating long-term Labor MP George Edwin Yates. He was re-elected in 1934, 1937 and 1940, the third time with a majority of 2,198.[9] Stacey was defeated in the Labor victory at the 1943 federal election, although he had previously been reported as being "supremely confident" of retaining his seat.[10][11]

Stacey moved to Klemzig after his parliamentary defeat, where he again ran an orchard.[12][13][14] He later twice unsuccessfully contested Liberal and Country League preselection for state seats: in 1944 for Central District No. 2 in the Legislative Council, and in 1947 for the House of Assembly seat of Torrens.[15][16][17]

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  2. ^ "URAIDLA PIONEER". The News. Vol. XIV, no. 2, 129 (SPORTS ed.). Adelaide. 14 May 1930. p. 13. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Pen Portraits Of Old And New Members". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 21 December 1931. p. 63. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL ELECTIONS". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXIV, no. 3, 912. Adelaide. 26 November 1931. p. 19. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ a b "NEW SUBURBAN MAYORS". The News. Vol. XI, no. 1, 663 (HOME ed.). Adelaide. 12 November 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS". The Register. Vol. LXXXVIII, no. 25, 876. Adelaide. 3 December 1923. p. 13. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "ST. PETERS". The Chronicle. Vol. LXVIII, no. 3, 612. Adelaide. 12 December 1925. p. 70. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "SOCIAL TO MR. F. H. STACEY". The News. Vol. XIX, no. 2, 914. Adelaide. 19 November 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "LABOUR'S HOPES AND PROSPECTS". The Argus. No. 30, 258. Melbourne. 19 August 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "PARTY VIEWS OF THE POLL". The Canberra Times. Vol. 17, no. 4813. 23 August 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "ELECTORATES REVIEWED". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 964. 20 August 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "SOCIAL NOTES". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 21 November 1947. p. 12. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Out Among The People". The Chronicle. Vol. 90, no. 5, 122. Adelaide. 19 February 1948. p. 39. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Theft at Home Of Ex-M.H.R." The News. Vol. 43, no. 6, 660. Adelaide. 2 December 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Ex-M.H.R. Seeking Council Selection". The News. Vol. 42, no. 6, 384. Adelaide. 14 January 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Candidates For L.C.L Pre-Selection". The Chronicle. Vol. 89, no. 5, 058. Adelaide. 28 November 1946. p. 31. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "L.C.L. Endorses Ex-Minister". The News. Vol. 47, no. 7, 296. Adelaide. 20 December 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 16 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.