John Storey (politician)















John Storey

John Storey cropped.jpg

20th Premier of New South Wales
Election: 1920

In office
13 April 1920 – 5 October 1921
Preceded by
William Holman
Succeeded by
James Dooley

Personal details
Born
(1869-05-15)15 May 1869
Huskisson, New South Wales
Died
5 October 1921(1921-10-05) (aged 52)
Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality
Australian
Political party
Labor Party


John Storey Memorial Clinic, Chippendale


John Storey (15 May 1869 – 5 October 1921) was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales from 12 April 1920 until his sudden death in Sydney. His leadership enabled the New South Wales Labor Party to recover after the split over conscription and to allow it to continue to be a left-wing pragmatist rather than a socialist party.




Contents





  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Elected to Parliament


  • 3 Premier


  • 4 Death


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 External links




Early life


Storey was born at or near Huskisson, New South Wales, Australia to English immigrant parents, William John, a shipbuilder, and Elizabeth Graham. His family moved to Balmain when he was six,[1] but his father died soon afterwards. He was educated at Darling Road Superior Public School and at night school. At fourteen he was apprenticed to boilermaking with Perdriau and West and then worked at Mort's Dock.[2] He helped found the Balmain Cricket Club in 1897 and was a leading all-rounder for its top grade team. He was a member of the United Society of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders of New South Wales. In 1908 Storey was a founder of the Balmain District Rugby League Football Club.[3]



Elected to Parliament


Storey joined the Labor Electoral League, the precursor of the Labor Party, on its foundation in 1891 and was elected to represent Balmain North in the Legislative Assembly in 1901. Although he was an effective parliamentarian, he was beaten for election to the recreated seat of Balmain by Walter Anderson in 1904, but defeated Anderson in 1907. The McGowen Labor Government came to power in 1910, but Storey did not nominate for election to Cabinet.[1]


In 1916 the non-parliamentary party attempted to discipline Premier William Holman, and elected a Cabinet headed by Storey 27 April. The party reversed this decision on 4 May and Storey handed back power to Holman,[1] although legally there had never been any transfer of power. However, the split in the party widened further with the dispute over conscription and, in November, Holman, along with Prime Minister Billy Hughes, were expelled from the party. The remnants of the Labor Party were now in opposition to Holman's Nationalist Government, but Storey refused to become party leader and Ernest Durack became leader. Durack resigned in February 1917 and Storey had no choice but to accept the leadership. His good public speaking and amiability helped to reduce the scale of Labor's defeat in the 1917 election. He worked hard in 1918 and 1919 to prevent socialists taking over the party and his policy speech for the 1920 election promised child endowment and suburban rail electrification rather than socialism.[1]



Premier



Labor won the 1920 election with a majority of one and Storey became Premier. His thin majority, combined with a substantial minority in Legislative Council (made up of life appointees) and attacks of nephritis made his job hard. His private secretary at this time was V. Gordon Childe, later internationally famous in the field of archaeology, who wrote the book How Labor Governs, based on his experience as Storey's secretary. In June 1920, he appointed Judge Norman Ewing to carry out a royal commission in to the imprisonment of twelve IWW members in 1916 for treason, arson, sedition and forgery. On Ewing's recommendation, ten were released in August. In early 1921, he prorogued Parliament to prevent his Government being overthrown during a six months absence to visit financiers and a Harley Street doctor in London. Despite the warnings of his doctor, he undertook heavy work in London and on his return to Sydney in July.



Death


He was admitted to hospital and died at Clermont Private Hospital, Darlinghurst and was survived by his wife, three sons and two of his three daughters.[1] His funeral service was held at St. Andrew's Cathedral on 7 October 1921, and he was buried at the Field Of Mars Cemetery the same day.[4]


In 1926, Premier Jack Lang opened the John Storey Memorial Dispensary in Little Regent Street, Chippendale, New South Wales. It served as a practical memorial to John Storey and still functions as a pathology clinic.



Notes




  1. ^ abcde Nairn, Bede. "Storey, John (1869–1921)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 17 February 2007. 


  2. ^ "Mr John Storey (1869–1921)". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 


  3. ^ Tony Collins (2006). Rugby's Great Split: Class, Culture and the Origins of Rugby League Football (2nd ed.). UK: Routledge. p. 173. Retrieved 13 July 2014. 


  4. ^ Sydney Morning Herald: Funeral Notice, 07/10/1921 (page 7)




External links


  • E-Text of 'How Labor Governs'


  • Serle, Percival (1949). "Storey, John". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 

















Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by
William Wilks

Member for Balmain North
1901–1904

District abolished
Preceded by
Walter Anderson

Member for Balmain
1907–1920
Succeeded by
John Doyle
John Quirk
Albert Smith
Himself
Robert Stuart-Robertson

Preceded by
Himself

Member for Balmain
1920–1921
Served alongside: Doyle, Quirk, Smith, Stuart-Robertson
Succeeded by
Tom Keegan
Political offices
Preceded by
William Holman

Premier of New South Wales
1920–1921
Succeeded by
James Dooley
Party political offices
Preceded by
Ernest Durack

Leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales
1917–1921
Succeeded by
James Dooley






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