Joseph Henry Lewis Turley (24 April 1859 – 5 June 1929) was an English-born Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and an Australian Senator.[1]

Harry Turley
President of the Senate
In office
1 July 1910 – 8 July 1913
Preceded byAlbert Gould
Succeeded byThomas Givens
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 January 1904 – 30 June 1917
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for South Brisbane
In office
6 May 1893 – 11 March 1899
Preceded byAbraham Luya
Succeeded byAbraham Luya
In office
22 July 1899 – 11 March 1902
Preceded byAbraham Luya
Succeeded byAlec Lamont
Personal details
Born
Joseph Henry Lewis Turley

(1859-04-24)24 April 1859
Gloucestershire, England
Died5 June 1929(1929-06-05) (aged 70)
South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeSouth Brisbane Cemetery
NationalityEnglish Australian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseMary Smith (m.1886 d.1947)
OccupationWaterside worker

Early life

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Turley was born on 24 April 1859 in Gloucester, England. He was the son of Agnes (née Oliver) and Charles Turley; his father was a master shoemaker.[2][3]

Turley was educated in Brixham and went to sea at a young age. He arrived in Australia in 1879 and found work in Brisbane as a wharf labourer. He joined the Wharf Labourers' Union and eventually became secretary and president. During the 1890 maritime dispute, he was a member of the intercolonial defence committee organised by William Spence.[2] He also represented the Queensland Shearers' Union as a delegate to negotiating conferences in Sydney during the 1891 shearers' strike.[3]

State politics

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1910 Labor Senate ticket, with Turley on right

In 1893, Harry Turley was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for South Brisbane,[1] serving as Home Secretary in Anderson Dawson's short-lived Labor Government in 1899.[1] In 1902 he left the Assembly.[1]

Federal politics

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Turley first stood for federal parliament at the inaugural federal election in 1901, unsuccessfully standing for the ALP in the House of Representatives seat of Oxley. He was elected to the Senate at the 1903 federal election.[3]

On 1 July 1910, he was appointed President of the Senate, a position he held until 8 July 1913. He remained a Senator until his defeat in 1917.[3]

Personal life

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Turley married Mary Smith in 1886, with whom he had four children.[3]

After leaving politics, Turley became a shipping master with the Queensland Harbours and Rivers Department. Turley died in 1929 and was buried in South Brisbane Cemetery.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b Stevenson, Brian F. (1990). "Joseph Henry Lewis Turley (1859–1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12.
  3. ^ a b c d e Browne, Geoffrey (2000). "Turley, Joseph Henry Lewis (1859–1929): Senator for Queensland, 1904–17 (Labor Party)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ Turley, Henry Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  5. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by President of the Senate
1910–1913
Succeeded by
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for South Brisbane
1893–1899
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for South Brisbane
1899–1902
Succeeded by