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'''Douglas Henry Bardolph''' (18 February 1893 – 2 February 1951) was an Australian journalist, trade unionist and politician. |
'''Douglas Henry Bardolph''' (18 February 1893 – 2 February 1951) was an Australian journalist, trade unionist and politician. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Henry Bardolph (ca.1854 – 22 June 1933) and Mary Bardolph (née Taggart) had five sons, and lived at [[Manly, New South Wales]], where they ran a refreshment room or wine bar.<ref>{{cite news |url= |
Henry Bardolph (ca.1854 – 22 June 1933) and Mary Bardolph (née Taggart) had five sons, and lived at [[Manly, New South Wales]], where they ran a refreshment room or wine bar.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14606015 |title=Law Report, Friday, March 11 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=12 March 1904 |access-date=25 November 2014 |page=8 |via=Trove}}</ref> They moved to Victoria, where two sons (Donald Francis Bardolph and Harold Travers Bardolph) died of pneumonic influenza within a few days of each other in the [[1918 flu pandemic|epidemic of 1919]], aged 31 and 28 respectively.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5626322 |title=Pneumonic Influenza |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |date=30 January 1919 |access-date=25 November 2014 |page=7 |via=Trove}}</ref> The family moved to Adelaide around 1919; Henry set up in business as building contractor, notably responsible for the [[Unley Oval]] grandstand.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57461238 |title=Unley Oval Improvements |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |date=25 February 1924 |access-date=25 November 2014 |page=13 |via=Trove}}</ref> Their youngest son, (Clement Patrick) Charles Bardolph, died in Adelaide in September 1926 aged 29 years. |
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Doug worked as a journalist<ref>{{cite news |url= |
Doug worked as a journalist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63747712 |title=Ejected from Meeting |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |date=7 December 1922 |access-date=25 November 2014 |page=5 |via=Trove}}</ref> and proprietor<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63025108 |title=Local |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |date=11 November 1920 |access-date=25 November 2014 |page=5 |via=Trove}}</ref> of the ''Unley News''. He edited and published the ''South Australian Worker'' from 1930 to 1933; his brother [[Ken Bardolph]] published the ''Labor Weekly'' from 1931 to 1934. Both were members of the [[Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|Labor Party]] and high-profile operators in the Union movement. |
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After a series of unsworn allegations of collusion and [[vote buying]] at a preselection ballot, a three-man committee of enquiry (Sampson, Burgess and Grealy) had both brothers sacked from the A.L.P.<ref>{{cite news |url= |
After a series of unsworn allegations of collusion and [[vote buying]] at a preselection ballot, a three-man committee of enquiry (Sampson, Burgess and Grealy) had both brothers sacked from the A.L.P.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29006402 |title=Crook, D— Crook |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |date=29 January 1930 |access-date=24 November 2014 |page=15 |via=Trove}}</ref> They, with other disaffected unionists, founded a [[Lang Labor Party (South Australia)|South Australian chapter of the Lang Labor Party]], with Doug as President.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95801275 |title=The Recorder (Port Pirie) |newspaper=[[The Recorder (Port Pirie)|The Recorder]] |date=14 May 1934 |access-date=27 November 2014 |page=2 |via=Trove}} A nice summary of the rivalry within the A.L.P.</ref> At a time of high and rising unemployment among the working classes, and dissatisfaction with both established political parties, the Lang message found ready acceptance. At the [[1933 South Australian state election|1933 election]], Lang Labor candidates Doug Bardolph, [[Robert Alexander Dale|Bob Dale]] (who joined Lang Labor while a member for [[Electoral district of Sturt (South Australia)|Sturt]]) and [[Thomas Patrick Howard|Tom Howard]] won all three seats in the multi-member [[Electoral district of Adelaide|Adelaide electorate]]. Other seats they contested were [[Electoral district of Port Adelaide|Port Adelaide]]<!--A. Dadliffe, F. Hearne-->, [[Electoral district of West Torrens|West Torrens]]<!--C. Bennett, J. Naylon--> and [[South Australian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] District No. 1.<!--E. R. Boyd, S. Sonneman--><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41471191 |title=Lang Party Policy On Tuesday. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |date=3 March 1933 |access-date=26 November 2014 |page=22 |via=Trove}}</ref> The A.L.P. applied to the [[Court of Disputed Returns]] to have the Adelaide election results overturned on various grounds, but failed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128423226 |title=Adelaide Poll to Stand |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |date=28 July 1933 |access-date=27 November 2014 |page=1 |via=Trove}}</ref> |
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In June 1934 the three South Australian Labor parties (A.L.P., Parliamentary Labor Party and Lang Labor) achieved a degree of unity, one of the prices of which was the re-admission of all expelled members, and Doug rejoined, but was disenfranchised in August 1935 when he refused to pay the amount of "sustentation fee" (a levy on A.L.P. parliamentarians) demanded of him.<ref>{{cite news |url= |
In June 1934 the three South Australian Labor parties (A.L.P., Parliamentary Labor Party and Lang Labor) achieved a degree of unity, one of the prices of which was the re-admission of all expelled members, and Doug rejoined, but was disenfranchised in August 1935 when he refused to pay the amount of "sustentation fee" (a levy on A.L.P. parliamentarians) demanded of him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40065587 |title=M.P. said to be outside A.L.P. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |date=9 August 1935 |access-date=27 November 2014 |page=24 |via=Trove}}</ref> At the [[1938 South Australian state election|1938 election]], Doug, as a "Labor" candidate, independent of the A.L.P., contested and won the seat of [[Electoral district of Adelaide|Adelaide]], which had become a single-member electorate.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl |pid=3598 |name=Douglas Bardolph |former=yes |access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref> He was one of 14 of 39 lower house MPs at the election to be elected as an [[Independent politician|independent]], which as a grouping won 40 percent of the primary vote, more than either of the major parties. [[Tom Stott]] was the de facto leader of the independent caucus within parliament. |
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At the [[1944 South Australian state election|1944 election]] he, again as an independent "Labor"<ref>Bardolph always listed as "Labor" not "Independent Labor", though that label has frequently been applied to him.</ref> candidate, received the largest number of primary votes on 43.5 percent, but the A.L.P. candidate [[Bob Dale (politician)|R. A. Dale]] on 37.2 percent won after [[Communist Party of Australia|Communist]] [[Alf Watt]]'s preferences were distributed from their 19.4 percent vote, a South Australian Communist record.<ref>{{cite news |url= |
At the [[1944 South Australian state election|1944 election]] he, again as an independent "Labor"<ref>Bardolph always listed as "Labor" not "Independent Labor", though that label has frequently been applied to him.</ref> candidate, received the largest number of primary votes on 43.5 percent, but the A.L.P. candidate [[Bob Dale (politician)|R. A. Dale]] on 37.2 percent won after [[Communist Party of Australia|Communist]] [[Alf Watt]]'s preferences were distributed from their 19.4 percent vote, a South Australian Communist record.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43203248 |title=Mr. Jeffries defeated |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |date=4 May 1944 |access-date=27 November 2014 |page=5 |via=Trove}}</ref> He stood for the same seat at the [[1947 South Australian state election|1947]] and [[1950 South Australian state election|1950 elections]], but received progressively lower support.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50207622 |title=Election figures |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |date=6 March 1950 |access-date=27 November 2014 |page=3 |via=Trove}}</ref> He died of cancer in [[Croydon, South Australia|Croydon]] the following year. He never married.<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=David St Leger |last=Kelly |title=Bardolph, Douglas Henry (1893–1951) |id2=bardolph-douglas-henry-5127 |year=1979 |access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref> His brother Ken had rejoined the A.L.P. and served in the [[South Australian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] from 1941 to 1964, the year he died. |
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Latest revision as of 11:12, 6 January 2024
Douglas Henry Bardolph (18 February 1893 – 2 February 1951) was an Australian journalist, trade unionist and politician.
History
[edit]Henry Bardolph (ca.1854 – 22 June 1933) and Mary Bardolph (née Taggart) had five sons, and lived at Manly, New South Wales, where they ran a refreshment room or wine bar.[1] They moved to Victoria, where two sons (Donald Francis Bardolph and Harold Travers Bardolph) died of pneumonic influenza within a few days of each other in the epidemic of 1919, aged 31 and 28 respectively.[2] The family moved to Adelaide around 1919; Henry set up in business as building contractor, notably responsible for the Unley Oval grandstand.[3] Their youngest son, (Clement Patrick) Charles Bardolph, died in Adelaide in September 1926 aged 29 years.
Doug worked as a journalist[4] and proprietor[5] of the Unley News. He edited and published the South Australian Worker from 1930 to 1933; his brother Ken Bardolph published the Labor Weekly from 1931 to 1934. Both were members of the Labor Party and high-profile operators in the Union movement.
After a series of unsworn allegations of collusion and vote buying at a preselection ballot, a three-man committee of enquiry (Sampson, Burgess and Grealy) had both brothers sacked from the A.L.P.[6] They, with other disaffected unionists, founded a South Australian chapter of the Lang Labor Party, with Doug as President.[7] At a time of high and rising unemployment among the working classes, and dissatisfaction with both established political parties, the Lang message found ready acceptance. At the 1933 election, Lang Labor candidates Doug Bardolph, Bob Dale (who joined Lang Labor while a member for Sturt) and Tom Howard won all three seats in the multi-member Adelaide electorate. Other seats they contested were Port Adelaide, West Torrens and Legislative Council District No. 1.[8] The A.L.P. applied to the Court of Disputed Returns to have the Adelaide election results overturned on various grounds, but failed.[9]
In June 1934 the three South Australian Labor parties (A.L.P., Parliamentary Labor Party and Lang Labor) achieved a degree of unity, one of the prices of which was the re-admission of all expelled members, and Doug rejoined, but was disenfranchised in August 1935 when he refused to pay the amount of "sustentation fee" (a levy on A.L.P. parliamentarians) demanded of him.[10] At the 1938 election, Doug, as a "Labor" candidate, independent of the A.L.P., contested and won the seat of Adelaide, which had become a single-member electorate.[11] He was one of 14 of 39 lower house MPs at the election to be elected as an independent, which as a grouping won 40 percent of the primary vote, more than either of the major parties. Tom Stott was the de facto leader of the independent caucus within parliament.
At the 1944 election he, again as an independent "Labor"[12] candidate, received the largest number of primary votes on 43.5 percent, but the A.L.P. candidate R. A. Dale on 37.2 percent won after Communist Alf Watt's preferences were distributed from their 19.4 percent vote, a South Australian Communist record.[13] He stood for the same seat at the 1947 and 1950 elections, but received progressively lower support.[14] He died of cancer in Croydon the following year. He never married.[15] His brother Ken had rejoined the A.L.P. and served in the Legislative Council from 1941 to 1964, the year he died.
References
[edit]- ^ "Law Report, Friday, March 11". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 25 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Pneumonic Influenza". The Advertiser. 30 January 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 25 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Unley Oval Improvements". The Register. 25 February 1924. p. 13. Retrieved 25 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Ejected from Meeting". The Register. 7 December 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 25 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Local". The Register. 11 November 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 25 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Crook, D— Crook". The Advertiser. 29 January 1930. p. 15. Retrieved 24 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "The Recorder (Port Pirie)". The Recorder. 14 May 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 27 November 2014 – via Trove. A nice summary of the rivalry within the A.L.P.
- ^ "Lang Party Policy On Tuesday". The Advertiser. 3 March 1933. p. 22. Retrieved 26 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Adelaide Poll to Stand". The News. 28 July 1933. p. 1. Retrieved 27 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "M.P. said to be outside A.L.P." The Advertiser. 9 August 1935. p. 24. Retrieved 27 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Douglas Bardolph". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Bardolph always listed as "Labor" not "Independent Labor", though that label has frequently been applied to him.
- ^ "Mr. Jeffries defeated". The Advertiser. 4 May 1944. p. 5. Retrieved 27 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election figures". The Advertiser. 6 March 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ Kelly, David St Leger (1979). "Bardolph, Douglas Henry (1893–1951)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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