All for Australia League
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The All for Australia League was a minor Australian political party that operated in New South Wales in 1931. The party was established in February 1931.[1] It represented an alternative to the existing conservative parties the United Australia Party and the Country Party, and was generally seen as more right-wing than either.[2] Gordon Bennett was prominent in the League.[3] The party declined after 1931. It dissolved in February 1932 when it merged with the Nationalists to establish the New South Wales division of the United Australia Party.[1]
Notable members
Former engineering professor Alexander James Gibson was elected president of the league. Other members of the league's provisional executive included:[4]
- Major-General Gordon Bennett
- Andrew Craig, treasurer of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce
- Albert Heath, president of the Sydney and Suburban Timber Merchants' Association
- Cecil Hoskins, managing director of Australian Iron and Steel
- Norman Keyser, managing director of General Industries
- Robert A. Malloch, managing director of Dangar, Gedye & Malloch, meat preservers
- Sydney Snow, vice-president of the Retail Traders' Association
- Frederick Walker, managing director of F. J. Walker, meat exporters
Later members of the executive included:[4]
- Charles M. McDonald, president of the New South Wales Employers' Federation
- Olof Oberg, timber merchant and president of the anti-communist Sane Democracy League
References
- ^ a b Geoffrey Robinson (2008). "The all for Australia league in New South Wales : a study in political entrepreneurship and hegemony" (PDF). Australian historical studies. 39 (1). Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Carole Ferrier. "A red revolutionist and ranter". Australian National University. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
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- ^ a b Matthews 1969, p. 138.
Sources
- Matthews, Trevor (1969). "The All for Australia League". Labour History. 17: 136–147.
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