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Edward Hobbs

Edward Hobbs

Surname: HOBBS

Given Names: Edward

Title and Honours: Mr

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 25 November 1868 - Hampshire, England

Date of Death: 20 July 1936 - Ulverstone, Tasmania

 

 

House of Assembly: 25 March 1916

Electorate: Darwin (Braddon)

Party: Nationalist (1916-22); Country (1922-25); Liberal (1925-34)

Positions Held: Opposition Leader October 1923 to November 1923 (temp.); October 1924 to July 1925.

Date of Departure: 9 June 1934

Reason for Departure: Defeated.


Comments:

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 342

Comments:

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.

Additional Reference Material:

A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968. Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.