Edward Brooker

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Edward Brooker

William Edward "Ted" Brooker (born January 4, 1891 in Kilburn , London , England , † June 18, 1948 in Hobart , Tasmania ) was an Australian politician of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), who was Prime Minister of Tasmania for a short time between 1947 and 1948 was.

Life

Brooker was a candidate for the Australian Labor Party on June 9, 1934 in Franklin constituency for the first time to the House of Representatives (Tasmanian House of Assembly) , the lower house of the Tasmanian Parliament, and was a member of this until his death on June 18, 1948. During his membership in parliament he was from 1936 to 1939 Parliamentary Director of the ruling Labor Group (Government Whip ) .

On July 7, 1939 he was appointed by Prime Minister Edmund Dwyer-Gray as Minister for Transport for the first time in a government of the state and held this office under Dwyer-Gray's successor Robert Cosgrove until November 30, 1942. At the same time he also acted as chief secretary of the government between July 7, 1939 and November 30, 1943. At the same time he took over the office of Minister Controlling the Tourism Department from January 19, 1942 to November 30, 1943 and was then Minister of Land and Public Works from November 30, 1943 to December 16, 1947 ( Minister for Lands and Works) and, after the end of the Second World War, from December 9, 1946 to December 18, 1947, Minister of Reconstruction (Minister for Post-War Reconstruction) .

After Prime Minister Cosgrove was charged with bribery and corruption in December 1947, the latter resigned as Prime Minister on December 18, 1947, after which Brooker temporarily took over the office. In February 1948 the lawsuit was already closed and the allegations against Cosgrove rejected, so that Cosgrove took over from Brooker on February 25, 1948 again the office of Prime Minister.

At the same time Brooker held from December 19, 1947 until his death on June 18, 1948 the office of the Minister of Finance (Treasurer) and from February 25, 1948 until his death again the office of Minister of Transport.

The Brooker Highway (National 1) was named after him, a trunk road built from 1961 between Hobart and Granton .

Background literature

  • Peter Brooker: The Long Road , 1998

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personal data
SURNAME Brooker, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brooker, William Edward (full name); Ted Brooker (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Kilburn , London , England
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1948
Place of death Hobart , Tasmania