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George Edwin Yates

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at A. M. Simpson & Son, going on to work as a forwarding clerk, commercial traveller and shop assistant for the same firm. In September 1911 he was selected as secretary to the Agricultural Implement Makers' Union and resigned from A. M. Simpson & Son after 27 years. In the same month, he was
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upon his return. In March, he would be found guilty of conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline and having endeavoured to incite members of His Majesty's forces to mutiny and sentenced to 60 days detention. He spent time in
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before leaving for war service in November 1918. He served with the 50th Battery of the Australian Field Artillery in France in 1918. He returned from France in February 1919; he would often be referred to as "Gunner Yates" thereafter.
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He resigned from the Labor Party in 1941 in protest at "admitted malpractices", though he stated that his political convictions had not changed. In 1943, he was working as a munitions worker. He was an independent candidate at the
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After his 1919 loss, he returned to his former role of state secretary of the Labor Party. He won back his old seat in a three-cornered race against Blundell and a
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while in quarantine off Adelaide on their return. The arrest was the subject of controversy as he had been due to address a large audience at the
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on a platform of alternative funding for the war effort, and for the Central District No. 1 in the Legislative Council at the
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amidst some controversy over the system of preferential voting being used at the election. He nominated for preselection in
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After his federal defeat, he was selected as one of two official Labor candidates for the
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from 1914 to 1919 and from 1922 to 1931, representing the electorate of
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Five days after his return from World War I, he was arrested in
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Adelaide
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Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
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for the Legislative Council against endorsed Labor candidate
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after a contentious preselection. He was defeated at the
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He was elected to the House of Representatives at a
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Candidates" 65:10 January 1914 – 13 December 1919 1374: 1367:– via National Library of Australia. 1339:– via National Library of Australia. 1308:– via National Library of Australia. 1280:– via National Library of Australia. 1252:– via National Library of Australia. 1224:– via National Library of Australia. 1196:– via National Library of Australia. 1168:– via National Library of Australia. 1140:– via National Library of Australia. 1112:– via National Library of Australia. 1084:– via National Library of Australia. 1053:– via National Library of Australia. 1022:– via National Library of Australia. 1000: 998: 991:– via National Library of Australia. 963:– via National Library of Australia. 935:– via National Library of Australia. 907:– via National Library of Australia. 879:– via National Library of Australia. 851:– via National Library of Australia. 823:– via National Library of Australia. 795:– via National Library of Australia. 767:– via National Library of Australia. 739:– via National Library of Australia. 711:– via National Library of Australia. 683:– via National Library of Australia. 655:– via National Library of Australia. 627:– via National Library of Australia. 599:– via National Library of Australia. 571:– via National Library of Australia. 543:– via National Library of Australia. 515:– via National Library of Australia. 249:, was an Australian politician. He was an 31: 20: 1208:"Mr K. E. Bardolph selected for Adelaide" 429:. He was defeated for the second seat by 298:First stint in parliament and war service 1317: 1315: 1331:. Adelaide. 28 February 1947. p. 6 1062: 1060: 490: 1300:. Adelaide. 12 August 1939. p. 24 421:seat of Central No. 1 Province at the 7: 1216:. Adelaide. 6 August 1934. p. 9 1160:. Adelaide. 14 April 1933. p. 9 1104:. Adelaide. 30 July 1929. p. 11 419:South Australian Legislative Council 330:by military police and charged with 1477:20th-century Australian politicians 807:"Labor soldier-politician arrested" 723:"Labor Representative Gunner Yates" 285:, then six months later began as a 255:Australian House of Representatives 306:Yates in military uniform, c. 1919 14: 1292:"Endorsement of Labor candidates" 1152:"'In for six years, perhaps 10'" 334:over a protest on the troopship 314:following the death of Labor MP 1037:"Mr Yates to contest Adelaide" 779:"Arrest of Federal politician" 294:, serving until January 1914. 1: 1236:"Mr Yates' Election Surprise" 425:, held in the fallout of the 1323:"Mr G. E. Yates at Prospect" 751:"Gunner Yates arrives home" 1493: 919:"House of Representatives" 391:Australian national anthem 363:Second stint in parliament 1430: 1420: 1412: 1402: 1392: 1384: 1377: 896:The Express and Telegraph 784:Townsville Daily Bulletin 588:The Express and Telegraph 431:Parliamentary Labor Party 405:by Nationalist candidate 236: 223:Australian Imperial Force 172:Prospect, South Australia 128: 93: 58: 39: 30: 1180:"Voting system 'absurd'" 340:Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1379:Parliament of Australia 1006:"Declarations of Polls" 891:"Gunner Yates released" 583:"Labor party secretary" 695:"Representative Yates" 639:"Representative Yates" 499:"The Adelaide Vacancy" 372: 307: 251:Australian Labor Party 190:Australian Labor Party 975:"New Federal members" 812:The Australian Worker 479:1949 federal election 467:1943 federal election 455:1940 federal election 443:1934 federal election 413:Post-federal politics 370: 357:1919 federal election 305: 229:Years of service 47:Australian 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Index


Australian Parliament
Adelaide
Ernest Roberts
Reginald Blundell
Reginald Blundell
Fred Stacey
Staffordshire
Prospect, South Australia
Australian Labor Party
Australian Imperial Force
Australian Labor Party
Australian House of Representatives
Adelaide
Bradley
Staffordshire
Adelaide
Rundle Street
japanner
United Labor Party

1914 by-election
Ernest Roberts
1917 election
Sydney
mutiny
Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Darlinghurst Gaol
Fort Largs
Reginald Blundell

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