Sydney Storey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
About Sydney Storey
- Sydney Albert Dawson Storey (27 February 1896 – 11 September 1966) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1941 and 1962.
- In parliament he variously represented the United Australia Party, the Liberal Party and served two terms as a conservative independent. Storey was born in Balmain, New South Wales and was educated at Cleveland Street High School and the University of Sydney.
- He was initially employed as a clerk but trained as a draftsman and eventually became a hospital administrator.
- He was an executive of the New South Wales Hospital association and the Hospital Contributions Fund, a co-operative health insurance provider.
- Between 1930 and his death, Storey was elected as a Councillor on Hornsby Shire.
- He was the Shire President in 1933-34 and 1947-50. After two unsuccessful campaigns, Storey entered the New South Wales parliament at the 1941 election as the Independent member for Hornsby.
- The sitting United Australia Party (UAP) member James Shand had decided to contest the neighbouring seat of Ryde and Storey defeated the endorsed UAP candidate Wilfred Francis.
- He retained the seat at the next 6 elections and became a member of the Liberal Party shortly after it was formed in 1945.
- Storey lost party pre-selection before the 1962 election and unsuccessfully contested it as an independent.
- He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.
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