Ted Mattner Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Ted Mattner
President of the Australian Senate
Term Start:12 June 1951
Term End:7 September 1953
Predecessor:Gordon Brown
Successor:Alister McMullin
Title1:Senator for South Australia
Term Start1:10 October 1944
Term End1:27 September 1946
Predecessor1:Oliver Uppill
Successor1:Fred Beerworth
Term Start2:22 February 1950
Term End2:30 June 1968
Birth Date:1893 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Oakbank, South Australia
Death Place:Daw Park, South Australia
Party:Liberal
Allegiance:Australia
Branch:Australian Imperial Force
Second Australian Imperial Force
Serviceyears:1915–1919
1941–1942
Rank:Major
Unit:18th Battery, 6th Field Artillery (1915–19)
13th Field Regiment (1941–42)
Battles:
Mawards:Military Cross
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Military Medal

Edward William Mattner, (16 September 1893 – 21 December 1977) was an Australian politician and soldier who served as a Senator for South Australia from 1944 to 1946 and 1950 to 1968. He was President of the Senate from 1951 to 1953.

Early life

Born in Oakbank, South Australia, he was educated at Adelaide High School and then the University of Adelaide, before becoming a farmer at Balhannah. He served in the Australian Imperial Force from 1915 to 1919, during which he was awarded the Military Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal for heroism on the Western Front, and with the Second Australian Imperial Force from 1941 to 1942, acting as second-in-command of the 13th Field Regiment in New Guinea.[1]

Politics

In 1944, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a United Australia Party Senator for South Australia, filling the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Oliver Uppill. Soon after his appointment, the UAP became the Liberal Party. Defeated in an attempt at re-election in 1946, he returned to the Senate in 1949. On 12 June 1951, he was elected President of the Senate, a position he held until 7 September 1953, when he was succeeded by Alister McMullin. He held his Senate seat until his retirement in 1967. Mattner died in 1977.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. mattner-edward-william-11088 . Mattner, Edward William (1893–1977) . Frank . Bongiorno . 2022-12-23.
  2. mattner-edward-william . MATTNER, Edward William (1893–1977) . Gillian . Gould . 2022-12-23.
  3. Web site: Carr. Adam. Australian Election Archive. Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. 2008. 2008-11-23.