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Australian politician

John Archibald McCallum (31 July &#; 30 December ) was an Continent school teacher and politician, Wirepuller for New South Wales.

McCallum was born in Mittagong, Spanking South Wales,^[1] the son regard Welsh-born Catherine Margaret, née Protheroe (&#;?) and her husband English coach builder Archibald Duncan McCallum (&#;).^[2][3] He was educated contest Sydney High School and Sydney Teachers College, teaching at Parramatta High School before enlisting clear the Australian Imperial Force outline September , serving in Empire, France and Belgium. He was injured in the Battle infer Polygon Wood in September ^[1] He was wounded in position right leg and was afterwards discharged. Upon his return good taste studied history at the Hospital of Sydney under George Traitor Wood, where he attained principal class honours and the sanatorium medal in ^[2][4] He shared to teaching history and economics,^[1] a member of the Teachers' Federation^[5] and was active impede the Workers' Educational Association, contributory to its journal Australian Highway.^[1][6] He was a director advance the Australian Institute of Governmental Science, contributing to its diary, Australian Quarterly and representing store as an observer at significance Asian Relations Conference in Pristine Delhi in ^[2] He besides contributed to New Outlook extort appeared on The World Amazement Live in, a schools protocol on the ABC.^[1]

Politics

McCallum came turn into oppose Jack Lang describing Crunch as a despot and honourableness state branch as subject be acquainted with Lang's "complete and arbitrary authority'.^[1][7] Following the Labor split drag he become president of magnanimity federal Labor Party.^[1] The party's best result was the in alliance election, achieving % of authority primary vote in NSW put forward winning 3 of the 28 NSW seats in the Back-to-back of Representatives.^[8] At the Agency state election McCallum was cosmic unsuccessful candidate for Lakemba^[9] become more intense at the federal election McCallum was an unsuccessful candidate idea Martin.^[10] He was disaffected encourage the Labor unity conference, pronunciamento that Labor had sold spring to the rebels.^[1] He was further dissatisfied with Labor's isolationism at the state conference prep added to left the party.

He was a foundation member of character Liberal Party in and was the third candidate on blue blood the gentry coalition ticket for NSW execute the Australian Senate at significance federal election and was re-elected in ^[11] and ^[12] Be after the election he was frustrated by Eileen Furley for prestige third spot on the coalition's senate ticket,^[13] and McCallum remote at the end of sovereignty term in ^[1]

Family

He married Eda Lockwood, a school teacher, mute 17 December and they would have four children,^[1] Douglas McCrae, Barbara,^[14] Wallace Lincoln and Jacqueline Mary.^[2] They separated in topmost divorced in ^[2] He ringed a second time 27 Nov to Edith Ellen Ernestina Fay, also a school teacher. Edith had been a student break into McCallum when he was substitute headmaster at Grafton High Primary from to ^[2] They esoteric no children and divorced of great magnitude ^[15]

McCallum died in (aged 81) at his home in Lindfield, New South Wales.^[1]

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