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Sir Henry Barwell
KCMG
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28th Premier of South Australia
Elections: 1921, 1924
In office
8 April 1920 – 16 April 1924
Monarch George V
Governor Sir Henry Galway
Sir Archibald Weigall
Sir Tom Bridges
Preceded by Archibald Peake
Succeeded by John Gunn
19th Leader of the Opposition (SA)
In office
1924–1925
Preceded by John Gunn
Succeeded by Richard L. Butler
Senator for South Australia
In office
18 December 1925 – 22 March 1928
Preceded by James O'Loghlin
Succeeded by Albert Robinson
Personal details
Born (1877-02-26)26 February 1877
Adelaide, South Australia
Died 30 September 1959(1959-09-30) (aged 82)
Unley Park, South Australia
Political party Liberal Union,
Liberal Federation (state)
Nationalist (federal)

Sir Henry Newman Barwell KCMG (26 February 1877 – 30 September 1959) was the 28th Premier of South Australia.

Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Barwell was educated at St Peter's College and Adelaide University, graduating in law. Admitted to the bar in 1899, Barwell built a successful legal practice where he specialised in defending murder suspects and became a prominent figure in the Adelaide Establishment. In 1902, he married Anne Webb in Clare, South Australia and together they had one son and three daughters.

Barwell entered the South Australian House of Assembly in 1915 as the Liberal Union member for the seat of Stanley. In parliament he quickly became known both as an uncompromising conservative and as a likely future premier. He defended the restricted franchise of the South Australian Legislative Council, arguing that the Australian Labor Party should not be allowed to gain control "over the capital that employs labor, and over the superior intellect that governs that labor".

In 1917, Barwell was made Attorney-General of South Australia and Minister for Industry in Archibald Peake's cabinet and was forced to deal with the deteriorating relationship between the urban and rural constituencies of the Liberal Union, which worsened with the creation of the Country Party in 1919, taking many of the Liberal Union's supporters with it. Peake died soon after and Barwell became Premier of South Australia on 8 April 1920. Despite voter antipathy against Barwell over his abrasive and sometimes tactless political style, the Liberal Union was nonetheless returned to office at the 1921 election, with Barwell retaining the Premiership.


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