D'Arcy Rose
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D'Arcy Rose was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
from 1939 until 1959. He was a member of the Country Party
.
Rose was born in Ashfield, New South Wales
. He was the son of a company director and as a young man he established seed and produce and real estate businesses on the Central Coast of New South Wales. He later owned a dairy farm in the Upper Hunter Valley. Rose was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Country Party member for the seat of Upper Hunter
at the 1939 by-election caused by the death of the sitting Country Party member Malcolm Brown. He retained the seat at the next 6 elections and retired at the 1959
election. He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
from 1939 until 1959. He was a member of the Country Party
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...
.
Rose was born in Ashfield, New South Wales
Ashfield, New South Wales
Ashfield is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 9 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Ashfield.The official name for the...
. He was the son of a company director and as a young man he established seed and produce and real estate businesses on the Central Coast of New South Wales. He later owned a dairy farm in the Upper Hunter Valley. Rose was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Country Party member for the seat of Upper Hunter
Electoral district of Upper Hunter
Upper Hunter is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by George Souris of the National Party of Australia....
at the 1939 by-election caused by the death of the sitting Country Party member Malcolm Brown. He retained the seat at the next 6 elections and retired at the 1959
New South Wales state election, 1959
The 1959 New South Wales state election was held on 21 March 1959. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1957 redistribution...
election. He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.