Joe Lamaro
Joseph Lamaro(27 July 1895 – 22 May 1951) was an Australian politician.
Born inRedfernto shopkeeper Deico Lamaro and Maria Giuseppa Taranto,Italianmigrants, he attended St Joseph's School inNewtownandSt Patrick's CollegeinGoulburnbefore studying at theUniversity of Sydney,receiving aBachelor of Artsin 1915 and aBachelor of Lawin 1922. He served in theAustralian Imperial Force's 18th Battalion from 1916 to 1917 in the signals unit, seeing action atYpresandthe Somme.He was called to the Bar in 1922 and a member of the first Australian Board of Control from 1924 to 1927. In 1927 he was elected to theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyas theLabormember forEnmore,shifting toPetershamin 1930 andLeichhardtin 1932. Lamaro served as Minister of Justice from 1930 to 1931 and Attorney-General from 1931 to 1932. In 1934 he resigned his seat to contest the federal seat ofWatson,but he was unsuccessful and returned to law as a solicitor. He worked in private law firms until 1940 and was recalled to the Bar in 1941; in 1943 he was appointed a Crown Prosecutor and in 1947 aDistrict Courtjudge.[1]Lamaro died in 1951 atHay.[2]
References[edit]
- ^McMinn, W G."Lamaro, Joseph (1895–1951)".Australian Dictionary of Biography.Canberra: National Centre of Biography,Australian National University.ISBN978-0-522-84459-7.ISSN1833-7538.OCLC70677943.
- ^"Mr Joseph Lamaro (1895-1951)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved5 May2019.
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