Abram Landa was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1930 until 1932 and from 1941 until 1965.
14 Facts About Abe Landa
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Abe Landa was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Labor Party.
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Abe Landa held a number of ministerial positions between 1953 and 1965.
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Abe Landa was born in Belfast, Ireland and migrated to Sydney with his widowed mother in 1910.
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Abe Landa was educated at Christian Brothers, Waverley and won a scholarship to study law at the University of Sydney.
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Abe Landa practiced as a solicitor mainly in Industrial Law and joined the ALP in 1919.
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Abe Landa was an advisor to Doc Evatt at the United Nations meetings in Lake Success.
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Abe Landa was the uncle of Paul Landa who was a member of the Legislative Assembly and the New South Wales Legislative Council.
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Abe Landa was elected as the Labor member for Bondi at the 1930 state election.
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Abe Landa defeated the sitting Nationalist member Harold Jaques and his victory contributed to Labor forming a government under Jack Lang.
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Abe Landa regained the seat at the 1941 election which resulted in Labor regaining power under William McKell.
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Abe Landa retained the seat for the next 8 elections.
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Abe Landa held ministerial positions in the governments of Joseph Cahill, Robert Heffron and Jack Renshaw.
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Abe Landa was the Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare from 1953 till 1956, the Minister for Housing from 1956 and Minister for Co-operative Societies from 1959, holding both portfolios until the defeat of the Labor government in 1965.