Hector Lamond

Hector Lamond (31 October 1865 – 26 April 1947) was an Australian politician. He was a Nationalist Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1917 to 1922, representing the electorate of Illawarra.

The Honourable

Hector Lamond
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Illawarra
In office
5 May 1917 – 16 December 1922
Preceded byGeorge Burns
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born(1865-10-31)31 October 1865
Berry, New South Wales
Died26 April 1947(1947-04-26) (aged 81)
Bowral, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Political partyNationalist Party of Australia
Spouse(s)Gwynetha Spence
OccupationUnionist, editor

Early life and career

Lamond was born at Broughton Creek, near Berry, New South Wales and educated at public schools. He was apprenticed as a printer to the Carcoar Chronicle when he was 14 and was its editor at 25. He was involved in the establishment of the Australian Labor Party between 1895 and 1900. In 1902, he married Gwynetha, the daughter of Australian Workers' Union president, William Spence. From 1905 to 1916, he was editor and manager of the Australian Workers' Union's The Australian Worker. During World War I, he came to be opposed to labor radicalism, and in particular to the Industrial Workers of the World. He became a strong supporter of Billy Hughes, and followed him out of Labor and into the new Nationalist Party in the 1916 Labor split. As a supporter of conscription, he was obliged to resign from the Australian Worker.[1]

Lamond made a succession of unsuccessful Labor candidacies between 1896 and 1914, for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cowra at the 1894 election, 1896 by-election and 1898 election, and at the 1904 election for Goulburn,[2] then for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Lang at the 1913[3] and 1914 elections.[4]

Political career

He won the seat of Illawarra as a Nationalist at the 1917 election,[5] and was appointed assistant minister for repatriation in December 1921. The seat of Illawarra was abolished before the 1922 election and he stood unsuccessfully for Barton.[1]

Later life

In 1923 Lamond bought The Southern Mail and three other rural newspapers, which he edited and published in Bowral. He died at Bowral, survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.[1]

Notes
  1. Lansbury, Coral. "Lamond, Hector (1865–1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre for Biography. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. Green, Antony. "Index to candidates (King to Lamont)". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. "1913 legislative election: New South Wales, Lang". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. "1914 legislative election: New South Wales, Lang". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  5. "1917 legislative election: New South Wales, Illawarra". Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
George Burns		 Member for Illawarra
1917–1922		 Division abolished
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