Cleaver Bunton (5 May 1902 - 20 January 1999) was a long serving public official in Albury, New South Wales who shot to prominence in 1975 when he was controversially appointed to the Australian Senate. May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Albury, as viewed from the War Memorial Albury (postcode: 2640, 36°03′S 146°54′E) is a city in New South Wales, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. ... Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Australian Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ...

Born in Albury, Bunton left school at 13 and initially worked as a clerk in a solicitor's office before becoming an accountant. He also was involved in Albury sporting and community affairs, playing Australian rules football with the Albury Football Club, becoming captain-coach and club secretary at 17. His younger brother Haydn Bunton went on to become a noteable Australian rules footballer. Australian football, which is also known as Australian rules football, or less formally as Aussie rules or footy is a code of football which originated in Melbourne, Australia. ... Haydn Bunton is the name of a father and son who were both famous Australian rules footballers. ...

In 1930 Bunton was elected president of the Ovens and Murray Football League (a position he held until 1969). He also held administrative roles in the Victorian Country Football League, the West Albury Tennis Club and a range of other community groups and organisations. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

In recognition of his role in Albury, Bunton was encouraged to run for a position on the Albury Municipal Council, and was elected in 1925 at the age of 22, the youngest person ever elected to a council to that time. After initially retiring from council in 1931, he returned to the council in 1937, elected Mayor of Albury in 1945 and served as such (with a few minor breaks) until August 1976. Bunton was also a regional radio commentator, commenting on sport and reading the news bulletins. In 1930 he married Eileen O'Malley. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Bunton would have remained an uncontroversial hardworking local administrator but for the retirement of Australian Labor Party Senator Lionel Murphy in 1975. Tradition dictated that the New South Wales government appoint someone selected by the Labor Party to replace Murphy but the Liberal Party Premier, Tom Lewis, defied this tradition and instead appointed Bunton on 27 February 1975. Facing a hostile Labor Party (and sometime hostile electorate), Bunton surprised many observers by acting as an independent rather than a Liberal appointee and resisted urgings from the Malcolm Fraser-led Opposition to block the supply bill of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Government. Bunton was therefore not directly responsible for the constitutional crisis that occurred when Governor-General Bill Kerr dismissed Whitlam. Bunton lost his Senate position at the ensuing elections. The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Hon Lionel Murphy Lionel Keith Murphy (30 August 1922 - 21 October 1986), Australian politician, was Attorney-General in the Government of Gough Whitlam, and a Justice of the High Court of Australia. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... John Malcolm Fraser AC, CH (born 21 May 1930), Australian politician and 22nd Prime Minister of Australia, came to power in the circumstances of the dismissal of the Whitlam government. ... The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia, was the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Governor-General. ... Gough Whitlam addresses a rally on the steps of the Old Parliament House in Canberra The Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 is generally regarded as the most significant domestic political and constitutional crisis in Australias history. ... Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom. ... Bill Kerr (born 1922) is an actor. ...

For his services, Bunton was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1954, an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in 1975, a member of the Ovens and Murray League Hall Of Fame, as well as receiving an honorary degree from Charles Sturt University and having a street in Albury, a chrysanthemum and a ward in the Albury Base Hospital named in his honour. In recognition of his years of service to his home city, Bunton was occasionally known by the sobriquet `Mr Albury'. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Queen Elizabeth II on February 14, 1975 for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service. The Order includes three classes in general and military divisions, in descending order of... Charles Sturt University (CSU) is an Australian multi-campus university in rural New South Wales. ... Species - tricolor daisy - pyrethrum - pyrethum daisy - crown daisy - marguerite - daisy - florists           chrysanthemum C. segetum - corndaisy Ref: ITIS 35791 See also Daisy (disambiguation) The chrysanthemum, also known as the mum, is a flowering perennial plant of the genus Chrysanthemum in the daisy family (Asteraceae). ...