Claude Barnard

Claude Barnard
The Honourable; Claude Barnard
Minister for Repatriation
	In office; 1 November 1946 – 19 December 1949
Prime Minister	Ben Chifley
Preceded by	Charles Frost
Succeeded by	Walter Cooper
Member of the Australian Parliament; for Bass
	In office; 15 September 1934 – 10 December 1949
Preceded by	Allan Guy
Succeeded by	Bruce Kekwick
Personal details
Born	16 October 1890; Mole Creek, Tasmania, Australia
Died	6 December 1957 (aged 67); Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse(s)	Martha Melva McKenzie (m. 1912)
Relations	Lance Barnard (son)
Occupation	Engine driver

Herbert Claude Barnard (16 October 1890 – 6 December 1957) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represented the Division of Bass in federal parliament from 1934 to 1949. He served as Minister for Repatriation in the Chifley Government from 1946 to 1949. His son Lance Barnard also entered federal politics and served as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia in the 1970s.

Early life

Barnard was born at Mole Creek, Tasmania and was educated at Invermay State School, but left school at 14. In 1909 he began working for Tasmanian Government Railways, first as an engine cleaner and eventually as a driver. In March 1912 he married Martha Melva McKenzie and they raised three sons and a daughter in East Launceston. In 1920 he helped found the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen.[1]

Federal politics

Barnard stood unsuccessfully at the 1931 election as the Australian Labor Party candidate for the seat of Bass in the Australian House of Representatives. In 1933, he became state secretary of the party and at the 1934 election he won Bass. From 1941 to 1946, he was chairman of the joint parliamentary committee on social security, which developed much of the Curtin and Chifley governments' social policy agenda. In November 1946, he was appointed Minister for Repatriation in the second Chifley Ministry. Although one of his sons was killed in the war and the other two were injured, he was under constant attack from service organisations and others for not delivering more for war veterans and, like his predecessor, Charles Frost, in 1946, he lost his seat at the 1949 election.[1]

Later life

In 1950, Barnard was elected to represent the Tasmanian House of Assembly division of Bass and held it until his death in 1957. He died of cancer in Launceston Public Hospital, survived by his wife and two sons, one of whom, Lance Barnard, was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 1972–74.[1]

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References

Chapman, R. j. k. (1993). "Barnard, Herbert Claude (1890–1957)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 13 January 2008 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

External links

Tasmanian Parliamentary library profile

Political offices
Preceded by Charles Frost	Minister for Repatriation 1946–49	Succeeded by Walter Cooper
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Allan Guy	Member for Bass 1934–49	Succeeded by Bruce Kekwick

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[adb-1] Chapman, R. j. k. (1993). "Barnard, Herbert Claude (1890–1957)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 13 January 2008 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.