Crawford Vaughan (1874 – 1947), was Premier of South Australia between April 3 1915 and July 14 1917. 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a list of Premiers of South Australia. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ...
Vaughan unsuccessfully campaigned for a seat in the Australian House of Representatives in 1901, and for the Australian Senate in 1903. He then turned to state politics, and entered the South Australian parliament by winning the seat of Torrens in 1905, representing the United Labor Party. He held this seat until 1915, when he became the member for Sturt. He became Treasurer of South Australia in 1910 in the government of Premier John Verran. When Verran resigned the leadership of the party in 1913, Vaughan was elected to the post. The Labor Party successfully campaigned in the next election, ousting the Commonwealth Liberal Party government, and Vaughan became Premier. He resigned from the Labor Party in 1916 over his support for conscription, and was a founding member of the National Labour Party. He remained as premier until 1917, when his government was defeated. Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Australian Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... The Commonwealth Liberal Party, usually called The Fusion, was a political movement active in Australia shortly after federation. ...
He married Millicent Preston-Stanley in 1934. Millicent Preston-Stanley (September 9, 1883 - 1955) was an Australian feminist, politician and the first female member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the second women to enter government in Australia. ...
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Crawford was born on 14 July1874 in Adelaide, eldest son of Alfred Vaughan, civil servant, and his wife Louisa, née Williams; Crawford's grandfathers had been Chartists.
Vaughan helped Labor to overcome the Liberal Union's electoral redistribution of 1913 and to win a majority of six in the 1915 election at which he was returned for the seat of Sturt.
Vaughan sat on the Burnside District Council (1921-29) and was chairman (1921-42) of the local branch of the Australian League of Nations Union.
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