13 Facts About Sydney Stubbs

Sydney Stubbs CMG was an Australian politician who served twice in the Parliament of Western Australia: in the Legislative Council from 1908 to 1911, and then in the Legislative Assembly from 1911 to 1947.

Sydney Stubbs was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1930 to 1933, and had been Mayor of Claremont and then Mayor of Perth prior to entering parliament.

In 1901, Sydney Stubbs was elected mayor of the Claremont Municipality unopposed, replacing Joseph Langsford.

Sydney Stubbs left office in December 1907 without re-contesting, and was replaced by his previous opponent, Molloy.

However, Sydney Stubbs re-entered the public arena the following year, when he was elected unopposed to the Legislative Council's Metropolitan-Suburban Province, replacing the retiring Zebina Lane.

Sydney Stubbs was nominated as the coalition's candidate for Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and was duly elected to the post by parliament.

Sydney Stubbs was elected unopposed at the 1933 election, but Mitchell's government was defeated, and he was consequently replaced as speaker by Labor's Alexander Panton.

Sydney Stubbs was re-elected unopposed for a second time at the 1936 state election, but at the 1939 election was challenged by three independent candidates.

Sydney Stubbs finally announced his retirement in April 1946, but remained in parliament until the 1947 election, by which time he was 85 years old.

Sydney Stubbs consequently set a new record as Western Australia's oldest parliamentarian, which lasted only until September 1949, when it was broken by Sir Norbert Keenan.

Sydney Stubbs was made a CMG in 1947, for his services to parliament.

Sydney Stubbs died at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, in July 1953, aged 92.

Sydney Stubbs had married Martha Harriet Jeffery in June 1891, with whom he had four daughters and a son.