'Order, Order!': A Biographical Dictionary of Speakers, Deputy Speakers and Clerks of the Australian House of Representatives(Biography Series)

'Order, Order!': A Biographical Dictionary of Speakers, Deputy Speakers and Clerks of the Australian House of Representativesshines a first-ever historical light on the remarkable men and women who have served in these national offices since Federation. The Speakers include Frederick Holder, whose campaign to embed a Westminster-style Speakership died with him when he collapsed dramatically in the parliament; the much-loved Joan Child, Australia’s first female Speaker, whose struggles as a widow with five children fostered her commitment to social justice and made her, in the words of another Speaker, Anna Burke, ‘pretty fierce’; and Ian Sinclair, a warhorse of a parliamentarian who seemed to prove the poacher-turned-gamekeeper principle. The Deputy Speakers, a particularly eclectic assortment, include the strange and bleakly serious James Fowler, who once hopefully mailed a film synopsis to the American director Cecil B. DeMille and who ended his days warning of the perils of democracy. Amongst the Clerks are Frank Green, who, at the height of the Cold War, indiscreetly befriended members of the Communist Party, and the popular Jack Pettifer—a true child of parliament—who grew up in an apartment in the building. This book includes analysis of what sorts of individuals typically filled these vital parliamentary positions, and the appearance of an Australian model of the Speakership based on pragmatic compromise. All three offices are typically more than just creatures of political parties—something that Australians should be prepared to defend against the remorseless encroachment of political partisanship.

Table of Contents:
Preliminary Pages Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction—Speakers, Deputies and the Clerks: The Revealing Light of Biography? – Stephen Wilks Australian House of Representatives—the Office of Speaker – Justin Baker Australian House of Representatives—the Office of Deputy Speaker – Catherine Cornish Australian House of Representatives—the Office of Clerk – Natalie Cooke Biographical Entries Adermann, Sir Charles Frederick: Chairman of Committees 1950–1958 – John Hawkins Andrew, John Neil: Speaker 1998–2004 – Clare Parker Aston, Sir William John (Bill): Speaker 1967–1972 – Donald Boadle Bamford, Frederick William: Chairman of Committees 1923–1925 – D. W. Hunt Barlin, Lyndal McAlpin (Lyn): Clerk 1991–1997 – Nicholas Brown Bayley, James Garfield: Chairman of Committees 1926–1929 – David Carment Bell, Sir George John: Speaker 1934–1940 – Stefan Petrow Berinson, Joseph Max (Joe): Chairman of Committees 1975 – Bobbie Oliver Bishop, Bronwyn Kathleen: Speaker 2013–2015 – Sylvia Marchant Blake, Douglas Maurice (Doug): Clerk 1982–1985 – Kay Walsh Bowden, George James: Chairman of Committees 1959–1961 – Sylvia Marchant and B. J. Costar Browning, Alan Robert: Clerk 1985–1991 – Derek Drinkwater Burke, Anna Elizabeth: Speaker 2012–2013 – Sylvia Marchant Cameron, Archie Galbraith: Speaker 1950–1956 – Stephen Wilks Causley, Ian Raymond: Deputy Speaker 2002–2007 – Clare Parker Chanter, John Moore: Chairman of Committees 1901–1903, 1914–1922 – G. N. Hawker Child, Gloria Joan: Speaker 1986–1989 – Sylvia Marchant Clark, Joseph James (Joe): Chairman of Committees 1946–1949 – N. T. McLennan Cope, James Francis (Jim): Speaker 1973–1975 – Joshua Black Duffy, Charles Gavan: Clerk 1901–1917 – Stephen Wilks Edwards, Ronald Frederick (Ron): Deputy Speaker 1989–1993 – Michael Hogan Elder, David Russell: Clerk 2014–2019 – Richard E. Reid Fowler, James Mackinnon: Chairman of Committees 1913–1914 – G. N. Hawker Gale, Walter Augustus: Clerk 1917–1927 – Bobbie Oliver Green, Frank Clifton: Clerk 1937–1955 – Stephen Wilks Groom, Sir Littleton Ernest: Speaker 1926–1929 – David Carment Halverson, Robert George (Bob): Speaker 1996–1998 – Judith Brett Harris, Ian Charles: Clerk 1997–2009 – Nicholas Brown Hawker, David Peter: Speaker 2004–2007 – Clare Parker Holder, Sir Frederick William: Speaker 1901–1909 – Haydon Manning Jenkins, Sir George Henry: Clerk 1901 – Stephen Wilks Jenkins, Henry Alfred (Harry): Speaker 1983–1985 – Joshua Black Jenkins, Henry Alfred (Harry): Speaker 2008–2011 – Joshua Black Johnson, Leslie Royston (Les): Chairman of Committees 1983 – John Hawkins Johnson, Sir William Elliot: Speaker 1913–1914, 1917–1922 – G. N. Hawker Lucock, Philip Ernest: Chairman of Committees 1961–1972, 1976–1977 – Marija Taflaga Mackay, George Hugh: Speaker 1932–1934 – Elaine Brown Makin, Norman John: Speaker 1929–1931 – Stephen Wilks and David Lowe Martin, Stephen Paul: Speaker 1993–1996 – John Hawkins McDonald, Charles: Speaker 1910–1913, 1914–1917 – Brian F. Stevenson McGrath, David Charles: Chairman of Committees 1929–1931 – Peter Love McGregor, John Robert: Clerk 1927 – Stephen Wilks McLeay, Sir John (Jack): Speaker 1956–1966 – L. M. Barlin McLeay, Leo Boyce: Speaker 1989–1993 – Michael Hogan Millar, Percival Clarence (Clarrie): Chairman of Committees 1978–1983 – Elaine Brown Nairn, Walter Maxwell: Speaker 1940–1943 – Lenore Layman Nehl, Garry Barr: Deputy Speaker 1996–2001 – Tracey Arklay Parkes, Ernest William: Clerk 1927–1937 – Derek Drinkwater Parkes, Norman James: Clerk 1971–1976 – Derek Drinkwater Pettifer, John Athol (Jack): Clerk 1977–1982 – Stephen Holt Poynton, Alexander (Alec): Chairman of Committees 1910–1913 – John Hawkins and Rob Van Den Hoorn Prowse, John Henry (Jack): Chairman of Committees 1934–1943 – Lenore Layman and Betty Carter Riordan, William James (Bill): Chairman of Committees 1943–1946 – Stephen Wilks and A. N. Preston Rosevear, John Solomon (Sol): Speaker 1943–1949 – Frank Bongiorno Salmon, Charles Carty (Carty): Speaker 1909–1910 – John Hawkins Scholes, Gordon Glen: Speaker 1975 – Jenny Hocking Scott, Bruce Craig: Deputy Speaker 2012–2016 – Brian F. Stevenson Sinclair, Ian McCahon: Speaker 1998 – Tracey Arklay Slipper, Peter Neil: Speaker 2011–2012 – Brian F. Stevenson Smith, Anthony David Hawthorn (Tony): Speaker 2015–2021 – Stephen Wilks Snedden, Sir Billy Mackie: Speaker 1976–1983 – Kay Walsh and Bernie Schedvin Tregear, Albert Allan: Clerk 1955–1958 – Kay Walsh Turner, Sir Alan George: Clerk 1959–1971 – Patricia Clarke Watt, William Alexander: Speaker 1923–1925 – John Hawkins and John Anderson Wright, Bernard Clive: Clerk 2009–2013 – Derek Drinkwater