Sol Rosevear

Sol Rosevear
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
In office
22 June 1943 – 21 February 1950
Preceded byWalter Nairn
Succeeded byArchie Cameron
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Dalley
In office
19 December 1931 – 21 March 1953
Preceded byTed Theodore
Succeeded byArthur Greenup
Personal details
Born(1892-01-04)4 January 1892
Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia
Died21 March 1953(1953-03-21) (aged 61)
Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyNSW Labor (1931–36)
Labor (1936–40)
Labor (N-C) (1940–41)
Labor (1941–53)
Spouse
Clara White
(m. 1916)
OccupationTimber worker

John Solomon "Sol" Rosevear (4 January 1892 – 21 March 1953) was an Australian politician. He was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1943 to 1950. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represented the seat of Dalley in the House of Representatives from 1931 until his death in 1953. He was associated with the Lang Labor faction until the early 1940s. Prior to entering parliament he was a timber worker and trade unionist.