1. Arthur Gibson Manning was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1922 to 1928, representing the Division of Macquarie for the Nationalist Party.
12 Facts About Arthur Manning
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Arthur Manning was previous a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1917 to 1920.
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Arthur Manning was educated in public schools in Wagga and Yass before purchasing grazing land in Narrabri and West Wyalong; he married Florence Hogarth in 1899, a union which produced no children.
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Arthur Manning became a vocal proponent for the rights of farmers, serving as president of the Australian Meat Council and on the boards of the Farmers and Settlers' Association and the Graziers' Association.
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At the 1917 state election, Arthur Manning won the seat of Albury for the Nationalist Party.
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Arthur Manning was victorious, narrowly defeating sitting Labor representative Samuel Nicholls by less than 100 votes after preferences from an independent were distributed.
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Arthur Manning faced controversy during his first term in federal parliament when it was revealed in 1924 that he and fellow parliamentarian farmer William Killen had signed cheques on behalf of the government to the Australian meat industry.
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In 1926, Arthur Manning was a member of the Australian delegation to the League of Nations General Assembly, discussing, among other issues, Australia's administration of the former German New Guinea.
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Arthur Manning was opposed by Chifley again in 1928, and narrowly lost following a Labor campaign that painted Arthur Manning a friend of Asian immigrants.
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Chifley argued that he would help keep Australia white and while Arthur Manning used his campaign speeches to deny that he was in favour of Asian immigration, the electorate was in no mood for someone they considered soft on immigration.
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Out of parliament, Arthur Manning remained on the executive of the Nationalist Party and stood as the official Nationalist Party candidate for the suburban Sydney federal Division of Wentworth at the 1929 election, following the expulsion of the sitting member Walter Marks from the party.
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Arthur Manning lost and returned to his life as a gentleman grazier while remaining involved in farming and political issues, including a stint as a United Australia Party councillor from 1933 to 1935.