Colonial Treasurer 29.1.1914 - 15.11.1916
(Holman Ministry No.35 30.6.1913 - 15.11.1916)
Colonial Treasurer 15.11.1916 - 30.10.1918
(National Ministry No.36 15.11.1916 - 12.4.1920)
Born Pancras, England, 4 August 1871, son of William and Martha Bingley, actors.
Educated London and apprentice cabinet-maker London, arriving Melbourne with parents 1888 then to Sydney.
Organiser for Australian Workers’ Union, newspaper proprietor, read for bar and admitted 1903 specialising in industrial matters, author of several legal texts. Wide cultural interests and Francophile. ‘He became Australia’s best all-round orator, mellifluous, logical, convincing.’
On the central executive and member of the Labor Party, deputy leader 1905 and leader 1913-1916. Member for Grenfell 1898-1904, Cootamundra 1904-1920. Premier 1920. Federal member for Martin 1931-1934.
He was 'tall, wiry, graceful and handsome, with dark curly hair 'and gifted with a singular political aplomb'.
Married Ada Augusta Kidgell, a Victorian journalist in 1901 and was father of Portia Holman.
Died 5 June 1934 at his residence Haldane, Rosedale Road, Gordon aged 62 years. State funeral from St James' Anglican Church and later cremated Northern Suburbs Crematorium. He died intestate, his estate valued at £4,385.
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Last updated: 04/02/2021
