Frederick William Coneybeer (27 September 1859 – 30 May 1950) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1893 to 1921 and from 1924 to 1930, representing the electorates of East Torrens (1893–1902, 1915–1921, 1924–1930) and Torrens (1902–1915).[1]
Coneybeer was born in Clifton in Bristol, England. His family migrated to Sydney, thence to Orange, New South Wales in 1865, where he was educated, then learned the trade of collar maker from his father and for around ten years followed this trade. In 1880 he moved to Melbourne, where he worked for a while, then to Adelaide, South Australia in 1881, where he found employment with J. A. Holden & Co. He was an active member of the Saddlers' Trade Society, and filled most positions in that Union.[2] Coneybeer was elected as a member of the United Labor Party in 1893, and served as state Minister for Education under Thomas Price (1908–1909) and John Verran (1910–1912). In 1915, when Labor regained office under Crawford Vaughan, he was made Speaker of the House of Assembly.[3]
In 1917, the Labor Party split over conscription, and Coneybeer followed Vaughan and Verran into the new National Party. The Vaughan government soon fell, and the National Party immediately entered into a coalition government with their former rivals, the Liberal Union, with the National Party as junior partner. Coneybeer remained Speaker throughout, only losing office when lost his seat in 1921, as the coalition split and the National Party was resoundingly defeated statewide. The Liberal and National parties merged to form the Liberal Federation in 1923, and Coneybeer was elected to his old seat as a Liberal at the 1924 election. He was re-elected in 1927, but lost his seat to a Labor candidate in 1930.[3][4][1]
frederick, coneybeer, frederick, william, coneybeer, september, 1859, 1950, australian, politician, member, south, australian, house, assembly, from, 1893, 1921, from, 1924, 1930, representing, electorates, east, torrens, 1893, 1902, 1915, 1921, 1924, 1930, to. Frederick William Coneybeer 27 September 1859 30 May 1950 was an Australian politician He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1893 to 1921 and from 1924 to 1930 representing the electorates of East Torrens 1893 1902 1915 1921 1924 1930 and Torrens 1902 1915 1 Coneybeer was born in Clifton in Bristol England His family migrated to Sydney thence to Orange New South Wales in 1865 where he was educated then learned the trade of collar maker from his father and for around ten years followed this trade In 1880 he moved to Melbourne where he worked for a while then to Adelaide South Australia in 1881 where he found employment with J A Holden amp Co He was an active member of the Saddlers Trade Society and filled most positions in that Union 2 Coneybeer was elected as a member of the United Labor Party in 1893 and served as state Minister for Education under Thomas Price 1908 1909 and John Verran 1910 1912 In 1915 when Labor regained office under Crawford Vaughan he was made Speaker of the House of Assembly 3 In 1917 the Labor Party split over conscription and Coneybeer followed Vaughan and Verran into the new National Party The Vaughan government soon fell and the National Party immediately entered into a coalition government with their former rivals the Liberal Union with the National Party as junior partner Coneybeer remained Speaker throughout only losing office when lost his seat in 1921 as the coalition split and the National Party was resoundingly defeated statewide The Liberal and National parties merged to form the Liberal Federation in 1923 and Coneybeer was elected to his old seat as a Liberal at the 1924 election He was re elected in 1927 but lost his seat to a Labor candidate in 1930 3 4 1 References edit a b Frederick Coneybeer Former members of the Parliament of South Australia Retrieved 14 November 2022 Mr F W Coneybeer M P Adelaide Observer 25 November 1893 p 16 Retrieved 28 February 2016 via Trove a b Coneybeer Frederick William 1859 1950 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography Australian National University ISSN 1833 7538 Retrieved 11 May 2015 Victories clinched The News 10 April 1930 p 1 Retrieved 11 May 2015 via Trove Political officesPreceded byMinistry recreated Minister for Education South Australia 1908 1909 Succeeded byArchibald PeakePreceded byArchibald Peake Minister for Education South Australia 1910 1912 Succeeded byArchibald PeakePreceded byLaurence O Loughlin Speaker of the House of Assembly1915 1921 Succeeded byRichard ButlerSouth Australian House of AssemblyPreceded byEdwin Thomas Smith Member for East Torrens1893 1902 Served alongside Playford Packham Darling District abolishedNew district Member for Torrens1902 1915 Served alongside Price Ryan Parsons District abolishedDistrict recreated Member for East Torrens1915 1921 Served alongside Hamilton Hill Southwood Succeeded byJoseph Anthony HarperLeslie Claude HunkinPreceded byWalter HamiltonJoseph Anthony Harper Member for East Torrens1924 1930 Served alongside Hamilton Hunkin Kneebone Sutton District abolished Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick Coneybeer amp oldid 1164694937, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
