Albert Green (Australian politician)
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The Honourable Albert Green |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Kalgoorlie |
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In office 16 December 1922 – 2 October 1940 |
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| Preceded by | George Foley |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Johnson |
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21 December 1869 Avoca, Victoria |
| Died | 2 October 1940 (aged 70) Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Emily Elenor Berry |
| Occupation | Postal clerk |
Albert Ernest Green (21 December 1869 – 2 October 1940) was an Australian politician. He arrived in Western Australia in 1895, and represented the Kalgoorlie area in both state and federal parliaments for the Australian Labor Party, as well as serving as Minister for Defence and later Postmaster-General in the Scullin Ministry.
Green was born and went to primary school in Avoca, Victoria, but left school to work for a telephone company in Ballarat and later in the family's bricklaying business. He travelled in the United States and Central America between 1889 and 1895 and as a result was known as "Texas". He was active in the brickmasons' society at San Francisco, and it was even suggested by one contemporary source that he had assisted revolutionary insurgents in Guatemala. In June 1895, he moved to Western Australia and established a branch of the Australian Natives' Association (A.N.A.) in Perth. In November 1895, he became a postal clerk in the gold rush town of Coolgardie. He was soon transferred to nearby Kalgoorlie, where he founded branches of the A.N.A. and the Post and Telegraphists' Union and became involved in local Labour politics. He married Emily Eleanor Berry in January 1899 at St John's Church, Kalgoorlie
Green won the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Kalgoorlie in the 1911 elections, following the retirement of the independent member, Norbert Keenan. In December 1913, he resigned to seek pre-selection for the Federal seat of Kalgoorlie but lost to Hugh Mahon. He was re-elected to the state seat in October 1914 and held it to March 1921, when he was defeated by the independent Nationalist candidate John Boyland. Between March 1921 and December 1922 he worked for the Westralian Worker newspaper. He won the federal Kalgoorlie seat at the 1922 elections, defeating the incumbent Nationalist member George Foley, and held it until his death.
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