Benjamin Bennett (politician)

Benjamin Bennett
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Werriwa
In office
1 June 1912 – 23 April 1913
Preceded byDavid Hall
Succeeded byAlfred Conroy
Personal details
Born1872
Young, New South Wales
Died12 June 1939 (aged 66–67)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationNewspaper editor

Benjamin Holland Bennett (1872 – 12 July 1939) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1912 to 1913.

Bennett was born in Young, New South Wales and was educated at Young Superior Public School. He studied law, but when his father, owner of the Burrangong Argus newspaper, died, Bennett returned to the family newspaper as manager and editor, and then later owner after acquiring his mother's interest. Although Bennett's father had been conservative in his politics, Bennett was supportive of Labor and a long-rumoured potential Labor candidate. He was secretary of the Young Turf Club and Burrangong Turf Club for many years and was president of the Young branch of the Labor Party.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Bennett was elected to the House of Representatives at a 1912 by-election after the resignation of David Hall to serve as NSW Solicitor-General.[10] The Argus ceased publication in February 1913, with its assets sold to the Young Witness.[11] Bennett's term in parliament was short-lived, however, as an unfavourable electoral redistribution hampered his chances of re-election and he decided not to contest the 1913 federal election.[12][13][14]

Bennett was appointed a clerk in the New South Wales Registrar-General's Department in 1917 and retired from the department in 1936.[15][16] During the 1920s, he was president of the Public Service section of the Australian Clerical Association and the union's vice-president.[17][18] Bennett died in 1939 and was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium.[19][20]

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  2. ^ "JUNIOR UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS". The Burrangong Argus. New South Wales, Australia. 27 October 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Notes and Anticipations". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. LXIV, no. 1671. New South Wales, Australia. 15 February 1902. p. 47. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Local Jottings". Wellington Times. No. 1436. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "LABOR LEAGUE NOTES". The Worker. Vol. 15, no. 4. New South Wales, Australia. 25 January 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "PERSONAL, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS". Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser. No. 5599. New South Wales, Australia. 13 August 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Newsy Notes". Cowra Free Press. Vol. 33, no. 1, 776. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "LABOR CANDIDATE FOR WERRIWA". Evening News. No. 14, 008. New South Wales, Australia. 1 May 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "The Labour' Candidate". Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 2 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Werriwa Election". The Inverell Times. Vol. 42, no. 5924. New South Wales, Australia. 4 June 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "NEWSPAPER CEASES PUBLICATION". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. New South Wales, Australia. 6 February 1913. p. 4 (EVENING). Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "PERSONAL". Barrier Miner. Vol. XXVI, no. 7712. New South Wales, Australia. 28 April 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "The Federal Elections". The Richmond River Express And Casino Kyogle Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 6 May 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Federal Elections". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LXIV, no. 3950. New South Wales, Australia. 10 September 1914. p. 20. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 68. New South Wales, Australia. 4 May 1917. p. 2408. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "RETIREMENTS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 142. New South Wales, Australia. 11 September 1936. p. 3780. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "STATE PUBLIC SERVICE SECTION CLERKS' UNION". The Labor Daily. No. 54. New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "THE CLERKS' UNION". The Labor Daily. No. 344. New South Wales, Australia. 27 February 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  20. ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 676. New South Wales, Australia. 10 July 1939. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.