Bob Dale (politician)

Robert Alexander Dale (19 August 1875 – 22 February 1953) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Sturt from 1930 to 1933 and Adelaide from 1933 to 1938 and 1944 to 1947 for the Labor Party.[1][2]

He worked from a very early age as a sheep shearer at "Andamoka"[3] and "practically every station in the State", when he was known as one of the best blade shearers and a member of the Shearers' Union (later AWU).[4]

He later worked underground in the Broken Hill mines, then at the smelters. When the smelters moved to Port Pirie in 1898 he settled in that city. He married in 1902, and their six children attended Solomontown school.[5]

He was a dedicated unionist, and a member of the Amalgamated Mining Union organised by Tom Mann. The union went on strike in 1909 after management at the smelters reduced their pay from 8/3d per day to 7/3d, and was not called off until six months later, when Mr. Justice Higgins ordered a return to work at 8/3d. Dale had kept his family fed and clothed by trapping rabbits.[5]

Personal

Known as "Curley" Dale, Bob married Alice Ada Maud Harris (died 1963) in 1902 and had six children:

  • William Thomas "Will" Dale (1902– )
  • Freda Gladys Evelyn Dale (1904– )
  • Vera May Dale (1905– )
  • Lily Lavina Dale (1908– )
  • Muriel Olive Linda Dale (1909– )
  • Doris Maretta Dale (1910– )

All married and lived in Adelaide

References

  1. ↑ History of South Australian Elections 1857 – 2006 Volume 1: ECSA
  2. ↑ Robert Dale: SA Parliament
  3. ↑ "Out among the People". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 26 January 1939. p. 19. Retrieved 9 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Out Among The People". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 94, (29, 000). South Australia. 21 September 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 9 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. 1 2 "When Times Were Hard". The Recorder (Port Pirie) (12, 647). South Australia. 16 March 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 9 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
South Australian House of Assembly
Preceded by
Herbert Richards		 Member for Sturt
1930–1933
Served alongside: Edgar Dawes, Ernest Anthoney		 Succeeded by
Henry Dunks
Preceded by
Herbert George		 Member for Adelaide
1933–1938
Served alongside: Bill Denny, Bert Edwards, Martin Collaton		 Succeeded by
Doug Bardolph
Preceded by
Doug Bardolph		 Member for Adelaide
1944–1947		 Succeeded by
Herbert George
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