Crampton, Walter Russell
Personal
Birth Date:
3 July 1877 (Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales)
Death Date:
20 October 1938 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
Walter James Crampton and Sarah (nee Phillips)
Family:
Amy Maria Beadle on 2 February 1903 at Townsville, 3 sons, 2 daughters
Education:
Sydney State schools
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Meatworker, Northern Queensland, c1900; Organizer, Australasian Federated Butchers' Employees' Union, 1908; President, Australian Labor Federation, Brisbane District Council, 1912; Industrial editor, 'Daily Standard' newspaper; Director, Worker, 1913-1916; Director of Labor for Queensland, 1915-1917; General manager, 'Daily Standard', 1917
Local Government Service:
Alderman, Brisbane and Greater Brisbane City Council, 1922-1924, 1935-1938
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council | ALP | Legislative Council | 10 Oct 1917 | 23 Mar 1922 | Council Abolished |
Additional Information
Notes:
Director, Perkins and Company, brewers. Queensland University Senate, 1935-1938
Sources:
Image courtesy Brisbane City Council , Image No: BCC - B120-32256; Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001); Hughes, Colin A and BD Graham, Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964, (Canberra: ANU, Department of Political Science, 1974); Armstrong, John Brian, 'Crampton, Walter Russell (1877-1938)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, V.8, Melbourne University Press, 1981, pp.135-136
[Last Modified: Wednesday, 14 June 2017]