Abe Landa
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Abe Landa | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Housing | |
| In office 16 March 1956 – 13 May 1965 | |
| Premier | Joseph Cahill Bob Heffron Jack Renshaw |
| Preceded by | John McGrath |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Stephens |
| Agent-General for New South Wales | |
| In office 24 September 1965 – 5 November 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Buckley |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Pagan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1902 near Belfast, Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Died | 10 July 1989 (aged 86) Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia |
| Party | Australian Labor Party (NSW), Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) |
Abram Landa CMG (10 November 1902 – 7 October 1989) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1930 until 1932 and from 1941 until 1965. He was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party (NSW) and the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch). He held a number of ministerial positions between 1953 and 1965.
Landa was born in Belfast, Ireland and migrated to Sydney with his widowed mother in 1910. He was educated at Christian Brothers, Waverley and won a scholarship to study law at the University of Sydney. He practiced as a solicitor mainly in Industrial Law and joined the ALP in 1919.[1] He was an advisor to Doc Evatt at the United Nations meetings in Lake Success. Landa was a prominent member of Sydney's Jewish Community. He was the uncle of Paul Landa who was a member of the Legislative Assembly and the New South Wales Legislative Council.[2]
