Joe Clark (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joe Clark (Australian politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1897

Place of Birth: Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1992

Profession: politician, tailor

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Joe Clark (Australian politician)

  • Joseph James Clark, (29 July 1897 – 9 December 1992) was a Labor Party politician, serving in the Australian House of Representatives as the Member for Darling from 15 September 1934 to 29 September 1969, a term of 35 years, 14 days making him one of the longest-serving members of the House of Representatives.Clark was born at Coonamble, New South Wales.
  • His father was Joseph Alfred Clark, a New South Wales state MLA and tailor from Dubbo.
  • Clark was educated at Holy Cross College at Ryde. Prior to his parliamentary career, Joe Clark also operated as a tailor at Coonamble and later at Dover Heights in Sydney.
  • He went on to serve as a Coonamble Shire alderman for nine years, including three terms as mayor.
  • He was president of the Coonamble branch of the Labor Party and was president of the Castlereagh Electorate council.
  • He was closely associated with the N.S.W.
  • State Labor Group under the leadership of Jack Beasley. Clark sat on a number of industry committees and bodies, including the Australian Meat Industry Commission from 1942 to 1943, the Federal Meat Advisory Committee from 1943 to 1946, and in 1946 he led a delegation to the Iron and Steel Committee.
  • He was Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker in the House from 1946 to 1949. In 1970 he was awarded a CBE.
  • Clark died on 9 December 1992.
  • He was the last surviving MP who served during the Prime Ministerships of Joseph Lyons, Earle Page, the first tenure of Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden.

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