Ted Horsington

Ted Horsington
Secretary for Lands
In office 27 May 1927 – 18 October 1927
Minister for Forests
In office 27 May 1927 – 18 October 1927
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Sturt
In office 20 September 1922 – 29 March 1947 Serving with Mat Davidson (1922-1927) Brian Doe (1922-1927)
Preceded by	Jabez Wright
Succeeded by	William Wattison
Personal details
Born	Edward Matthew Horsington 2 May 1878 Timor, Victoria
Died	23 July 1947 (aged 69) Waverley, New South Wales
Resting place	South Head Cemetery
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Other political affiliations	Industrial Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Rosalie S. Bryksky
Occupation	Drover, Miner
Religion	Roman Catholic

Edward Matthew "Ted" Horsington (2 May 1878 – 23 July 1947) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Timor, Victoria, to farmer John Waygood Horsington and Julia, née Farrell. Educated at Maryborough, he became a drover and miner after leaving school and worked in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia before settling in Broken Hill. On 31 December 1906 he married Rosalie Bryksky, with whom he had a daughter. From 1912 to 1922 he was secretary of the Broken Hill branch of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union, and he also served as director of Broken Hill Hospital.^[1]

In 1922, Horsington was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as one of the Labor members for Sturt. He continued as member for Sturt after the return of single-member divisions in 1927, and briefly served as Secretary for Lands and Minister for Forests from May to October 1927. He was expelled from the Labor Party in 1936 but readmitted later that year, and in June 1939 joined Bob Heffron's Industrial Labor Party. The ILP was reintegrated into the official Labor Party in August of that year, and Horsington continued to represent Sturt until he retired in 1947. He died at Waverley in Sydney later that year.^[1]

References

1. "Mr Edward Matthew Horsington (1878–1947)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.