William Shoobridge
William Ebenezer Shoobridge(7 January 1846 – 17 May 1940) was an Australian politician. He was born inRichmond,Van Diemen's Land.He unsuccessfully contested the1910 [1]and1913 elections for the federal seat of Franklinas aLaborcandidate.[2]He narrowly missed election at the1914 Senate election.[3]In 1916 he was elected to theTasmanian House of Assemblyas a Labor member forFranklin.He served until he was defeated in 1919. He was re-elected in a recount in 1922 and in 1925 switched seats toWilmot.He was defeated again in 1928 but returned for a final term from 1929 to 1931. He resigned from the Labor Party in 1932. Shoobridge died inHobartin 1940. His fatherEbenezer Shoobridge,brotherLouis Shoobridge Sr.and nephewRupert Shoobridgewere all members of theTasmanian Parliament.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^"1910 House of Representatives: Tasmania".Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive.Retrieved24 May2022.
- ^"1913 House of Representatives: Tasmania".Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive.Retrieved24 May2022.
- ^Carr, Adam."1914 Senate Tasmania".Psephos.
- ^"Shoobridge, William Ebenezer".Members of theParliament of Tasmania.Retrieved23 July2022.
- ^Chapman, Peter (1988)."Shoobridge, William Ebenezer (1846–1940)".Australian Dictionary of Biography.Canberra: National Centre of Biography,Australian National University.ISBN978-0-522-84459-7.ISSN1833-7538.OCLC70677943.Retrieved23 July2022.
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