Charles Howroyd

Charles Howroyd
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Darwin
In office
5 May 1917 – 10 May 1917
Preceded by King O'Malley
Succeeded by William Spence
Personal details
Born (1867-02-25)25 February 1867
Yorkshire, England
Died 10 May 1917(1917-05-10) (aged 50)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Labor (1906–17)
Nationalist (1917)
Occupation Stockbroker

Charles Richard Howroyd (25 February 1867 – 10 May 1917) was an Australian politician. Born in Yorkshire, England, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1887, becoming an agent and stockbroker. A founding member of the Labor Party, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1906 for North Launceston, transferring to Bass in 1909.

On 1 November 1916, he was expelled from the Labor caucus during the 1916 Labor split as a result of his support for conscription in World War I.[1] He formally resigned his party membership on 9 January 1917.[2] Having been involved in forming the first National Federation branch in Tasmania, he resigned his state seat on 21 March 1917 to contest the 1917 federal election for the new Nationalist Party of Australia.[3][4]

He won the seat, defeating long-serving Labor member King O'Malley, but died five days after polling day, making him the shortest-serving member of the Australian House of Representatives in history. The by-election held to replace him was won by fellow Labor defector William Spence, who had been defeated in an attempt to retain the New South Wales Labor seat of Darling for the Nationalists.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "CONSCRIPTIONISTS EXPELLED". The Herald (12, 612). Victoria, Australia. 1 November 1916. p. 10. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "MR. EARLE AND MR. HOWROYD RESIGN". Daily Post. X, (8). Tasmania, Australia. 9 January 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "NATIONAL FEDERATION". The Examiner (Tasmania). LXXVI, (26). Tasmania, Australia. 30 January 1917. p. 6 (DAILY). Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "TASMANIAN REIGNATIONS. MR. O'MALLEY TO BE OPPOSED". Daily Herald. 8, (2185). South Australia. 22 March 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 25 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
King O'Malley		 Member for Darwin
1917		 Succeeded by
William Spence


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