Harry Bruce (politician) explained

Harry Bruce
Term Start:28 April 1951
Term End:11 October 1958
Term Start1:11 June 1932
Term End1:28 April 1950
Predecessor1:Electorate established
Successor1:Electorate abolished
Term Start2:12 May 1923
Term End2:11 June 1932
Birth Name:Henry Adam Bruce
Birth Date:16 May 1884
Death Place:Canberra, ACT, Australia
Otherparty:Labor (Queensland)
Children:2

Henry Adam Bruce (16 May 1884 – 11 October 1958), known as Harry Bruce, was an Australian politician and former union organiser. First entering state politics in Queensland before later entering Parliament of the Commonwealth.

Biography

Born in Wandiligong, Victoria, he was educated at Haileybury College in Melbourne before moving to Queensland to become a bushworker in 1902. Later, he was a sugar grower and an organiser of the Australian Workers' Union (AWU).

In 1923 Bruce was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for the district of Kennedy.[1] In 1932, he was elected as member for The Tableland. In that year he was appointed Secretary of Public Works; in 1938 he was also made Secretary of Public Instruction, a position he held until 1941. In 1947 he was transferred from Public Works to Public Instruction.[1] During this time, the Bruce Highway was named in his honour.

Bruce left the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1950,[1] and the following year was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Leichhardt. Bruce died in 1958 and was buried in Balmoral Cemetery.[2] As the federal election of that year was drawing close, no by-election was held to replace him.[3]

Notes and References

  1. 27 April 2020.
  2. https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=1377 Bruce Henry Adan M H R
  3. Web site: Carr. Adam. Australian Election Archive. Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. 2008. 16 July 2008. 6 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006075129/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia. live.