Ted Johnson (politician)
Stephen Edward Ingram "Ted" Johnson (17 February 1909 – 2002) was an Australian politician.
Born in Derbyshire to Stephen Henry Johnson, a schoolteacher, and Barbara Foster-Barham, Johnson and his family migrated to Fremantle in 1912. Johnson worked in various temporary jobs before becoming a bank officer. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1941 and served with the 44th Battalion and 35th Training Battalion. He was promoted lieutenant in October and discharged in July 1946. On 4 December 1937 he married Winifred Mabel McNaughton in South Perth; she died on 3 April 1975, and Johnson married Edna Pockrass on 14 February 1976. Johnson joined the Australian Labor Party in 1944 and was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the member for Leederville in 1952. He served until his defeat in 1959.[1]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Use dmy dates from January 2016
- Use Australian English from January 2016
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- 1909 births
- 2002 deaths
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
- People from Derbyshire
- Australian Army soldiers
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
- Australian Labor Party politician stubs