Crawford Vaughan
| Crawford Vaughan | |
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| 27th Premier of South Australia Elections: 1915 |
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| In office 3 April 1915 – 14 July 1917 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor | Sir Henry Galway |
| Preceded by | Archibald Peake |
| Succeeded by | Archibald Peake |
| 16th Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
| In office 1917–1917 |
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| Preceded by | Archibald Peake |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Kirkpatrick |
| In office 1913–1915 |
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| Preceded by | John Verran |
| Succeeded by | Archibald Peake |
| 5th United Labor Party leader | |
| In office 1913–1917 |
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| Preceded by | John Verran |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Kirkpatrick |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | United Labor Party (1905–17) National Labor (1917–18) Independent (1918) |
Crawford Vaughan (1874 – 1947), was Premier of South Australia between 3 April 1915 and 14 July 1917, representing the South Australian United Labor Party.
Politics
Vaughan unsuccessfully campaigned for a seat in the seven-member Division of South Australia in the Australian House of Representatives at the 1901 federal election as a Free Trade candidate, and for the Australian Senate as an independent at the 1903 federal election. He then turned to state politics, and entered the South Australian parliament by winning a seat in five-member Torrens at the 1905 state election as a United Labor Party candidate. He held this seat until 1915, when he became one of three members for Sturt. He became Treasurer of South Australia in 1910 in the government of Premier John Verran. Verran and Labor lost government in 1912. When Verran resigned the leadership of the party in 1913, Vaughan was elected to the post.
Vaughan and Labor defeated the Liberal Union government led by Archibald Peake at the 1915 election, with 26 of 46 seats in the House of Assembly. His government improved the education system by restructuring the department's senior bureaucracy, by extending the years of compulsory school attendance and by providing better facilities for the intellectually and physically disabled. The government legislated to allow women to serve in the police force and as justices of the peace, while it also improved workers' access to the arbitration system and diminished the court's punitive powers against trade unions. A wheat pool was created, as were land and housing schemes for war veterans. However, the government also passed a law designed to close Lutheran primary schools.
He resigned from the Labor Party in 1916 in support of Billy Hughes' proposal for conscription, and was a founding member of the National Labor Party in 1917. Andrew Kirkpatrick became ALP leader. Vaughan remained as premier until 1917, when his government was defeated in parliament over the conscription issue, with Peake becoming Premier for a third time.
The United Labor Party became the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party on 14 September 1917.[1]
Other interests
Crawford had a literary bent: he was a freelance journalist and for a time editor of Quiz[2] before taking up politics, and in later life had two books published: Golden Wattle Time published in Sydney 1942 by Frank Johnson and The Last of Captain Bligh published in London 1950 by Staples Press. He was also the author of radio scripts.[3]
Family
In 1906 he married Evelyn Goode, daughter of Thomas Goode, manager for over 30 years of Canowie Station near Hallett, SA. After her death in 1927 he remarried in 1934 to Millicent Preston-Stanley.
Notes
- ↑ What's in a name?: Trove 15 Sep 1917
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Arnold, John The Bibliography of Australian Literature, Vol 4, P-Z p.586 University of Queensland Press 2009 ISBN 0702240311
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Leader of the Opposition of South Australia 1913–1915 |
Succeeded by Archibald Peake |
| Preceded by | Premier of South Australia 1915–1917 |
Succeeded by Archibald Peake |
| Preceded by | Leader of the Opposition of South Australia 1917 |
Succeeded by Andrew Kirkpatrick |
| South Australian House of Assembly | ||
| Preceded by | Member for Torrens 1905–1915 Served alongside: George Dankel, Herbert Hudd, Thomas Smeaton, Thomas Ryan, Herbert Parsons, Frederick Coneybeer |
District abolished |
| New district | Member for Sturt 1915–1918 Served alongside: Thomas Smeaton, Thomas Ryan |
Succeeded by Arthur Blackburn |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Leader of the United Labor Party 1913–1917 |
Succeeded by Andrew Kirkpatrick |
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New party
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Leader of the National Party 1917–1918 |
Succeeded by Reginald Blundell |
