Personal profile
Born
7 December 1860, Silverdale, Staffordshire, England
Education
St Luke's School, Silverdale, about 1866 to 1873
Employment
- Coalminer
- Clerk
- Politician
- Diplomat
- Royal commissioner
Memberships
- Primitive Methodist Church (about 1875 to 1947)
- Western Miner's Association
Marriage
8 August 1885, Wolstanton, England
Children
- 'GS' (1886)
- Albert (1888)
- Joseph (1890)
- John (1897)
- Annette (1898)
- Winifred (1900)
- Cecil (1902)
- Raymond (1904)
- Constance (1906)
Died
30 July 1947, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
Buried
Cremated, Sydney
Honours
- Privy Councillor (1914)
- Knight Grand Cross, Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG; 1918)
Partner
Name
Mary Cook
Previous name
Mary Turner
Born
About 1863, Chesterton, Staffordshire
Memberships
Red Cross Society
Died
24 September 1950, Bellevue Hill, Sydney
Honours: Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire (DBE; 1925)
Political profile
Term as prime minister
24 June 1913 to 17 September 1914
Terms as member of parliament
- New South Wales Legislative Assembly: 1891 to 1901 (Hartley)
- House of Representatives: 9 May 1901 to 21 November 1921 (Parramatta)
- Leader of the Opposition: 1914 to 1916
Portfolios
- Defence: 2 June 1909 to 24 April 1910
- Home Affairs: 24 June 1913 to 17 September 1914
- Navy: 17 February 1917 to 28 July 1920
- Treasurer: 28 July 1920 to 11 November 1921
Political memberships
- New South Wales Labor Party (c.1891 to April 1894)
- state parliamentary leader (17 October 1893 to April 1894)
- Free Trade Party
- federal parliamentary deputy leader (28 July 1905 to 16 November 1908)
- federal parliamentary leader (17 November 1908 to 26 May 1909)
- Liberal Party (1913-16)
- federal parliamentary leader (January 1913 to December 1916)
- Nationalist Party (February 1917 to November 1921)
- federal parliamentary deputy leader (February 1917 to November 1921)
After office
- High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (11 November 1921 to 10 May 1927)
- Royal Commissioner, Royal Commission on the Finances of South Australia (June 1928 to March 1929)
