Sol Rosevear | |
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Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives | |
In office 22 June 1943 – 21 February 1950 | |
Preceded by | Walter Nairn |
Succeeded by | Archie Cameron |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Dalley | |
In office 19 December 1931 – 21 March 1953 | |
Preceded by | Ted Theodore |
Succeeded by | Arthur Greenup |
Personal details | |
Born | Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia | 4 January 1892
Died | 21 March 1953 Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 61)
Political party | NSW Labor (1931–36) Labor (1936–40) Labor (N-C) (1940–41) Labor (1941–53) |
Spouse |
Clara White (m. 1916) |
Occupation | Timber 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.