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Robert Herbert ('Bert') Lacey

Robert Herbert ('Bert') Lacey

Surname: LACEY

Given Names: Robert Herbert ('Bert')

Title and Honours: Mr

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 12 January 1900 - Maryborough, Victoria

Date of Death: 2 November 1984

 

 

House of Assembly: 27 January 1959

Electorate: Denison

Party: ALP

Positions Held:

Date of Departure: 2 May 1959

Reason for Departure: Defeated.

Comments:

Elected by recount following resignation of A.J. White. Parliament was prorogued before he sat and he was defeated at the subsequent election so he never took his seat. Senator 1965-71.

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 533

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.