Lionel Thomas Courtenay was an Australian businessman and politician.
15 Facts About Lionel Courtenay
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Lionel Courtenay was involved in local politics, sitting on Mascot Council, Mosman Council and Sydney City Council.
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Lionel Courtenay left the Council in 1934 to contest the Australian Senate as a UAP candidate for New South Wales, in which he was successful.
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Lionel Courtenay's mother was born in Ireland, while his father, an engineer, was born in England.
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Lionel Courtenay was later promoted to travelling salesman, eventually becoming general manager of the Australian division and securing an ownership stake.
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Outside of Tylors, Lionel Courtenay helped establish the NRMA in February 1920, serving as the inaugural treasurer but resigning within the year to protest staff reductions.
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In 1906, Lionel Courtenay was elected to the North Botany Borough Council, serving as an alderman until 1910.
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Lionel Courtenay later served on the Mascot Municipal Council, the Mosman Municipal Council, and the Sydney City Council.
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Lionel Courtenay was a long-serving member of the executive of the Local Government Association of New South Wales, serving as president for two years and a councillor and vice-president of the Town Planning Association.
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Lionel Courtenay was a member of the Australian Labor Party until the 1916 party split over conscription, when he joined the newly formed Nationalist Party.
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Lionel Courtenay was the Nationalist Party's candidate at the 1931 East Sydney by-election to the House of Representatives, losing to ALP candidate Eddie Ward.
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Lionel Courtenay was elected to a Senate term beginning on 1 July 1935, polling the second-highest number of votes in New South Wales.
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Lionel Courtenay married dressmaker Anne Elizabeth Lee in 1902, with whom he had six children.
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Lionel Courtenay died at his home in Willoughby on 11 July 1935, aged 55.
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John Cumpston, the director-general of health, accepted Lionel Courtenay's offer and directed that a post-mortem examination be performed to aid knowledge of metastatic cancer.