Edward Matthew Horsington was an Australian politician.
14 Facts About Ted Horsington
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Ted Horsington was born at Lower Alma, Timor, Victoria, to Julia, nee Farrell, of Portarlington, Ireland, and farmer John Waygood Horsington, of Somerset, England.
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Edward, known as "Ted Horsington", was John's eighth child, and Julia's fourth.
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Ted Horsington became a drover and miner after leaving school and worked in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia before settling in Broken Hill.
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From 1912 to 1922, Horsington was secretary of the Broken Hill branch of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union.
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Ted Horsington served as director of Broken Hill Hospital and as a Broken Hill City Alderman.
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In 1922, Horsington was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as one of the Labor members for Sturt.
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Ted Horsington continued as member for Sturt after the return of single-member divisions in 1927, and briefly served as Secretary for Lands and Minister for Forests from May to October 1927.
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Ted Horsington was expelled from the Labor Party in 1936 but readmitted later that year, and in June 1939 joined Bob Heffron's Industrial Labor Party.
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The ILP was reintegrated into the official Labor Party in August of that year, and Horsington continued to represent Sturt until he retired in 1947.
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Former member for Sturt in the State Parliament, Mr Edward Matthew Ted Horsington, died at Waverley Memorial Hospital, Sydney, yesterday.
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Ted Horsington never wavered in his advocacy of the Darling River Water Scheme, and at the ceremony connected with the turning of the first sod visiting Parliamentarians paid a tribute to his work.
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Edward Matthew Ted Horsington's remains were buried in the South Head Cemetery, Vaucluse, Waverley Council, New South Wales, joining those of his wife, Rosalie, who had died nearly a year before him.
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In September 1951, a section of the Silverton Highway on the outskirts of Broken Hill, was named Horsington Drive, to commemorate his work, and 180 trees donated by industry were planted as an avenue.