Henry Burgess Crosby (9 March 1870 – 24 June 1949) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Barossa from 1917 to 1924, 1924 to 1930 and 1933 to 1938 for the Liberal Union, Liberal Federation and Liberal and Country League.[1]

Henry Crosby
Member for Barossa
In office
2 June 1917 – 4 April 1924
Preceded byE. H. Coombe
Succeeded byLeonard Hopkins
In office
22 November 1924 – 4 April 1930
Preceded byWilliam Hague
Succeeded byThomas Edwards
In office
8 April 1933 – 18 March 1938
Preceded byThomas Edwards
Personal details
Born
Henry Burgess Crosby

(1870-03-09)9 March 1870
Died24 June 1949(1949-06-24) (aged 79)
Political partyLiberal and Country
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Federation, Liberal Union

Crosby failed to be re-elected at the 1924 election held on 5 April. He returned to parliament later in the year as the result of the by-election held on 22 November following the death of William Hague.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Henry Crosby". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ^ "BAROSSA BY-ELECTION". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXIX, no. 26, 183. South Australia. 26 November 1924. p. 10. Retrieved 27 January 2018 – via Trove.