Walter Wearne
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Walter Ernest Wearne | |
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 Walter Wearne, photographed in December 1927. | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 September 1867 Sydney |
| Died | 17 January 1931 (aged 63) Sydney |
| Party | Independent Progressive Party, Nationalist |
Walter Ernest Wearne (2 September 1867 – 17 January 1931) was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1917 until 1930. He was initially elected as an Independent but subsequently formed the Progressive Party of which he was the leader until it split into urban and rural wings in 1921. His urban wing subsequently amalgamated with the Nationalist Party of which he was the deputy leader in the NSW Parliament.
Wearne was born in Sydney. He was subsequently educated to elementary level in Bingara and Inverell . His father, James Wearne, owned a sawmill where he was first employed. Wearne also worked as an auctioneer, commercial agent and council clerk for Bingara Shire between 1890 and 1910. By 1920 he had amassed considerable property in the Bingara region.[1]
Political activity
In the first two decades of the twentieth century, he became politically active supporting temperance organizations and the New England New State Movement of Earle Page. He became an office holder of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales.[1]
