John Earle (Australian politician)

John Earle (Born Bridgewater, Tasmania November 15, 1865; Died Kettering, Tasmania, February 6, 1932) was an Australian politician. Earle first worked as a blacksmith?s apprentice and then as a miner, assuming official positions within the local branch of the Amalgamated Miners? Association. After an active career as an organiser for the union, Earle helped found the Tasmanian Workers? Political League (forerunner to the Australian Labor Party) in 1903, becoming the organisation?s first president. Earle entered the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1906 and led the first Tasmanian Labor government into office in 1909; a minority government which lasted a week. He returned to office as Premier and Attorney-General in 1914, serving until his defeat at the polls in 1916. Earle resigned from the ALP over the conscription debate and was briefly a Senator in the Billy Hughes federal government.

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Bridgewater, Tasmania - November 15 - 1865 - Tasmania - February 6 - 1932 - Amalgamated Miners? Association - Tasmanian Workers? Political League - Australian Labor Party - 1903 - Tasmanian House of Assembly - 1906 - 1909 - Premier - 1914 - Billy Hughes

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Earle's cousin Alicia O'Shea Petersen was a prominent suffragist in Tasmania.

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Alicia O'Shea Petersen - Suffragist

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