Arthur Greenup
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Dalley
In office
9 May 1953 – 4 November 1955
Preceded bySol Rosevear
Succeeded byWilliam O'Connor
Personal details
Born(1902-07-11)11 July 1902
Sydney
Died3 August 1980(1980-08-03) (aged 78)
Political partyAustralian Labor Party

Arthur Edward Greenup (11 July 1902 – 3 August 1980) was a trade unionist and politician in New South Wales, Australia.

Early life

Born in Sydney, he became a shop assistant at the age of 14. He was an organiser and eventually the President of the Shop Assistants' Union.[1]

Political career

In 1938 he was elected an alderman for the Municipality of Newtown, serving until the council was abolished in 1948. He served as Mayor of Newtown for 2 years, from December 1941 until December 1943. [2] Under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, Newtown became a ward of Sydney City Council and Greenup was elected one of four aldermen,[3] serving until 1 December 1950.[2]

In June 1950 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Newtown-Annandale, representing the Labor Party. He defeated the sitting Lang Labor member for Newtown, Lilian Fowler.[4]

The district of Newtown-Annandale was abolished as a result of the 1952 redistribution,[5] and Greenup was defeated in the preselection contest for Marrickville.[6] Greenup transferred to federal politics as the Labor candidate for the House of Representatives seat of Dalley, located in the inner suburbs of Sydney, including Balmain, Glebe and Leichhardt. Greenup was successful at the by-election on 9 May 1953,[7] but only held the seat until 1955, when he again lost Labor preselection.[8]

Later life and death

Greenup worked for the shop assistants division of the Australian Workers Union, initially as an organiser and as vice president of the division from 1973 until 1977.[1]

He died at Five Dock on 3 August 1980(1980-08-03) (aged 78).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mr Arthur Edward Greenup (1902–1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Arthur Edward Greenup". Sydney's Aldermen. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "City of Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 December 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 10 September 2016 – via Trove.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1950 NewtownAnnandale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "1952 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Finnan, Greenup in A.L.P sensation". Truth. 21 December 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Trove.
  7. ↑ Carr, Adam. "1953 Dalley by-election". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Allegations of bogus ticket in Labour ballot". The Canberra Times. 26 September 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Trove.

 


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