Alexander Ewan Armstrong (15 June 1916 – 27 April 1985) was a politician, grazier and businessman in New South Wales, Australia.
Alexander Armstrong | |
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 Portrait of Alexander Ewan Armstrong, ca. 1942 | |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| In office 23 April 1952 – 25 February 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Ewan Armstrong 15 June 1916 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 27 April 1985 (aged 68) Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Other political affiliations | Country Party |
| Spouse(s) | Marjorie Alma Goodhew Margaret Rose Cleary |
| Parent(s) | George Armstrong Florence Edith Ewan |
| Alma mater | Scots College |
| Occupation | Grazier |
Armstrong was born in Sydney to doctor George Armstrong and Florence Edith Ewan. He attended Scots College and became a grazier, working first on the family's Albury property and then at Winderadeen and Collector. On 10 February 1945, he married Marjorie Alma Goodhew and they had two daughters. He later divorced, and remarried Margaret Rose Cleary in July 1963.
A member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1952. In 1956, he defected to the Country Party.[1] In 1968 the Supreme Court found that Armstrong had threatened to have a business associate killed,[2] and on 25 February 1969 the Legislative Council passed a resolution that he was guilty of conduct unworthy of a member of the council and that he be expelled.[3][4] Armstrong unsuccessfully challenged his expulsion in the Court of Appeal.[5][4]
He died at Alice Springs in 1985.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Mr Alexander Ewan Armstrong (1916-1985)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Barton v Armstrong, unreported Street J 19 December 1968, reproduced in Barton v Armstrong, Appeal Book Volume 9 (PDF), p. 3097 – via British and Irish Legal Information Institute
- ^ "Barton v Armstrong" (pdf). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). New South Wales: Legislative Council. 25 February 1969. pp. 3858–3890.
- ^ a b Twomey, Anne (2004). The Constitution of New South Wales. Federation Press. pp. 455–6. ISBN 9781862875166. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Armstrong v Budd (1969) 71 SRNSW 386 Court of Appeal (NSW).
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