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==Political career== |
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Chambers was elected as the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] seat of [[Division of Adelaide|Adelaide]] at the [[Australian federal election, 1943|1943 election]] |
Chambers was elected as the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] seat of [[Division of Adelaide|Adelaide]] at the [[Australian federal election, 1943|1943 election]] and was appointed [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for the Army]] in 1946 in the [[second Chifley Ministry|second Chifley ministry]]. In July 1949 he ordered troops to mine coal in the [[New South Wales]] to break a [[1949 Australian coal strike|strike]] by the then [[Communist Party of Australia|communist]]-influenced [[Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union|Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation]]. The Labor government lost power at the [[Australian federal election, 1949|1949 election]].<ref name=adb/> |
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Chambers' first wife had died in 1943 and in December 1949, he married a divorcee, Salamas Rickman, despite his generally strict Catholicism. She died in 1954 and in October 1956 he married Janet Sanderson Pullen. In 1951, he refused to take part in Labor's campaign against the [[Australian referendum, 1951|1951 anti-communist referendum]] and would have been expelled from the party except for the intervention of party-leader [[H.V. Evatt]]. In August 1957, he attacked Evatt's leadership and was expelled, but was readmitted in June 1958 when it was too late to gain [[preselection]] for a seat.<ref name=adb/> |
Chambers' first wife had died in 1943 and in December 1949, he married a divorcee, Salamas Rickman, despite his generally strict Catholicism. She died in 1954 and in October 1956 he married Janet Sanderson Pullen. In 1951, he refused to take part in Labor's campaign against the [[Australian referendum, 1951|1951 anti-communist referendum]] and would have been expelled from the party except for the intervention of party-leader [[H.V. Evatt]]. In August 1957, he attacked Evatt's leadership and was expelled, but was readmitted in June 1958 when it was too late to gain [[preselection]] for a seat.<ref name=adb/> |
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Chambers worked as an immigration selection officer in [[Belfast]], [[Rome]] and [[Scotland]] from 1959 to 1962 and then worked in Adelaide as a welfare consultant. In 1968, he was made a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE). He died in [[Hawthorn, South Australia]], survived by his third wife, but he had no children.<ref name=adb/> |
Chambers worked as an immigration selection officer in [[Belfast]], [[Rome]] and [[Scotland]] from 1959 to 1962 and then worked in Adelaide as a welfare consultant. In 1968, he was made a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE). He died in [[Hawthorn, South Australia]], survived by his third wife, but he had no children.<ref name=adb/> |
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Revision as of 15:49, 12 July 2010
Cyril Chambers | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Adelaide | |
| In office 21 August 1943 – 14 October 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Fred Stacey |
| Succeeded by | Joe Sexton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1897 Thebarton, South Australia |
| Died | 3 October 1975 (aged 78) Hawthorn, South Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | 1) Hilda Dorothy Mummery 2) Salamas Rickman, née Koodak 3) Janet Sanderson Pullen |
| Occupation | Dentist |
Cyril Chambers CBE (1897-1975) was an Australian and Minister for the Army.
Chambers was born in the Adelaide suburb of Thebarton and educated at St John the Baptist's School, Thebarton, and Hayward's Academy, Adelaide. In 1919 he became a dentist. He was mayor of Henley and Grange from 1932 to 1934. In 1938, he married Hilda Dorothy Mummery. During World War II, he served in the 3rd Field Ambulance in New Guinea, but was soon invalided back to Adelaide.[1]
Political career
Chambers was elected as the Labor member of the House of Representatives seat of Adelaide at the 1943 election and was appointed Minister for the Army in 1946 in the second Chifley ministry. In July 1949 he ordered troops to mine coal in the New South Wales to break a strike by the then communist-influenced Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation. The Labor government lost power at the 1949 election.[1]
Chambers' first wife had died in 1943 and in December 1949, he married a divorcee, Salamas Rickman, despite his generally strict Catholicism. She died in 1954 and in October 1956 he married Janet Sanderson Pullen. In 1951, he refused to take part in Labor's campaign against the 1951 anti-communist referendum and would have been expelled from the party except for the intervention of party-leader H.V. Evatt. In August 1957, he attacked Evatt's leadership and was expelled, but was readmitted in June 1958 when it was too late to gain preselection for a seat.[1]
Chambers worked as an immigration selection officer in Belfast, Rome and Scotland from 1959 to 1962 and then worked in Adelaide as a welfare consultant. In 1968, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He died in Hawthorn, South Australia, survived by his third wife, but he had no children.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Cameron, Clyde (1993). "Chambers, Cyril (1897 - 1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2008-01-27.