17 Facts About Percy Joske

Sir Percy Ernest Joske, CMG QC was an Australian lawyer, politician and judge.

Percy Joske was a member of the House of Representatives from 1951 to 1960, representing the Liberal Party.

Percy Joske subsequently served on the Commonwealth Industrial Court from 1960 to 1977, as well as on the supreme courts of the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory.

Percy Joske was the youngest of three children born to Evalyne and Ernest Joske.

Percy Joske's mother died in childbirth and his father, a German-born solicitor, remarried in 1898.

Percy Joske attended Wesley College, Melbourne, where he was classmates with future prime minister Robert Menzies.

Percy Joske went on to study arts and law at the University of Melbourne, graduating Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts.

Percy Joske was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1917.

Percy Joske inherited from his father an association with the dentistry profession, succeeding him as registrar of the Dental Board of Victoria in 1940 and giving lectures in dentistry case law at the Australian College of Dentistry.

Percy Joske resigned in 1960 to become Judge of the Commonwealth Industrial Court.

Percy Joske was appointed to the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.

Percy Joske was knighted in 1967, and died in 1981.

Percy Joske was an author, and published a biography of Sir Robert Menzies a year before his death,.

Percy Joske was widowed in 1968 and remarried in 1969 to Hilda Dorothy Larcombe, a cousin of his first wife.

Outside of his parliamentary and judicial careers, Percy Joske served as president of the Royal Life Saving Society Australia from 1951 to 1979.

Percy Joske was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1967 and created Knight Bachelor in 1977.

Percy Joske died in Strathfield on 25 April 1981, aged 85.