Anstey was born at Port Elliot, where he was educated at the local public school. He was a carpenter by trade, apprenticing locally before moving to Adelaide at the age of 24. He went into business as a builder and contractor, and later went into partnership with M. H. Gerard as Anstey & Gerard. He was a councillor of both the Kensington & Norwood and Burnside councils.[2] He was also president of the South Australian Government General Workers Association.[3]
Anstey was elected to the House of Assembly for the Labor Party at a 1908 by-election, following the resignation of Ernest Roberts. He became Government Whip in the Vaughan government following the Labor victory at the 1915 election, but was expelled from the Labor Party alongside Vaughan in the 1917 Labor split over conscription, joining the new National Party.[4]
The National Party became the junior coalition partner under the new conservative Liberal Union government of Archibald Peake, and in April 1918 Anstey was promoted to the ministry to replace colleague Reginald Blundell, becoming Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Repatriation. He lost the agriculture ministry in December, but remained in his other portfolios until April 1920.[4] He was defeated at the 1921 election.[2]
Anstey later served as secretary of the Minda Home for ten years from 1925. He died at Geelong in 1952.[5]
^ ab"SECRETARY OF MINDA". The News. Vol. VII, no. 966 (HOME ed.). Adelaide. 18 August 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2016 – via Trove.
^"GOVERNMENT GENERAL WORKERS". Daily Herald. Vol. 2, no. 559. South Australia. 19 December 1911. p. 6. Retrieved 30 November 2019 – via Trove.
^ ab(PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
^"Death of ex-M.P." The News. Vol. 59, no. 9, 018. Adelaide. 4 July 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2016 – via Trove.
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edward, alfred, anstey, july, 1858, july, 1952, australian, politician, represented, south, australian, house, assembly, multi, member, seats, adelaide, from, 1908, 1915, north, adelaide, from, 1915, 1921, represented, united, labor, party, until, 1917, when, . Edward Alfred Anstey 6 July 1858 2 July 1952 was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi member seats of Adelaide from 1908 to 1915 and North Adelaide from 1915 to 1921 He represented the United Labor Party until 1917 when he joined the National Party 1 Anstey was born at Port Elliot where he was educated at the local public school He was a carpenter by trade apprenticing locally before moving to Adelaide at the age of 24 He went into business as a builder and contractor and later went into partnership with M H Gerard as Anstey amp Gerard He was a councillor of both the Kensington amp Norwood and Burnside councils 2 He was also president of the South Australian Government General Workers Association 3 Anstey was elected to the House of Assembly for the Labor Party at a 1908 by election following the resignation of Ernest Roberts He became Government Whip in the Vaughan government following the Labor victory at the 1915 election but was expelled from the Labor Party alongside Vaughan in the 1917 Labor split over conscription joining the new National Party 4 The National Party became the junior coalition partner under the new conservative Liberal Union government of Archibald Peake and in April 1918 Anstey was promoted to the ministry to replace colleague Reginald Blundell becoming Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Repatriation He lost the agriculture ministry in December but remained in his other portfolios until April 1920 4 He was defeated at the 1921 election 2 Anstey later served as secretary of the Minda Home for ten years from 1925 He died at Geelong in 1952 5 References edit Edward Anstey Former members of the Parliament of South Australia Retrieved 20 August 2022 a b SECRETARY OF MINDA The News Vol VII no 966 HOME ed Adelaide 18 August 1926 p 1 Retrieved 3 September 2016 via Trove GOVERNMENT GENERAL WORKERS Daily Herald Vol 2 no 559 South Australia 19 December 1911 p 6 Retrieved 30 November 2019 via Trove a b Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 2007 PDF Parliament of South Australia Archived from the original PDF on 11 March 2019 Retrieved 3 September 2016 Death of ex M P The News Vol 59 no 9 018 Adelaide 4 July 1952 p 2 Retrieved 3 September 2016 via Trove Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Alfred Anstey amp oldid 1106073329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
