Joe Gander

Joe Gander
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Reid
In office
19 December 1931  21 September 1940
Preceded by Percy Coleman
Succeeded by Charles Morgan
Personal details
Born 1888
Dubbo, New South Wales
Died 22 November 1954 (aged 6566)
Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Labor (NSW) (193136)
Labor (193640)
Labor (N-C) (1940)
Occupation Billiardmaker, public servant

Joseph Herbert Gander (1888 – 22 November 1954) was an Australian politician. Born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, he received a primary education before becoming a billiardmaker and public servant. He was involved in local politics in Sydney, being elected to Newtown Council. In 1931, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the member for Reid, a member of the Lang Labor party; he defeated Percy Coleman, the Labor member. When, in 1936, the Lang Labor members rejoined the Labor party, Gander was one of them. However, in 1940, the Labor Party split again, and Gander was among the members to join the Langite Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist). However, he was defeated in the election of that year by the federal Labor candidate, Charles Morgan, and retired from politics, returning to public service. Gander died in 1954.[1]

References

  1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Percy Coleman
Member for Reid
1931–1940
Succeeded by
Charles Morgan


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