Eric Harrison
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The Right Honourable Sir Eric Harrison KCMG KCVO |
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| Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party | |
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In office 31 August 1945 – September 1956 |
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| Leader | Robert Menzies |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Harold Holt |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Wentworth |
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In office 19 December 1931 – 17 October 1956 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Marks |
| Succeeded by | Les Bury |
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7 September 1892 Surry Hills, New South Wales |
| Died | 26 September 1974 (aged 82) Chatswood, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party |
UAP (1931–45) Liberal (1945–56) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Cook McCall |
| Children | Shirley Walters |
| Occupation | Soldier |
Sir Eric John Harrison KCMG KCVO (7 September 1892 – 26 September 1974) was an Australian politician who became the first Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. He was also the first Leader of the House of Representatives.
Harrison was born in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills and educated at Crown Street Superior Public School. He left school at 13 to work in the textile industry and soon became a manager of a textile factory. In October 1916 he joined in the First Australian Imperial Force and served from December 1917 on the Western Front in the 5th Field Artillery Brigade and was promoted to sergeant in May 1918. He married Mary Cook McCall in 1920.
Although Harrison had not previously been politically active, in 1931 he established a branch of Joseph Lyons' All for Australia League in the Sydney suburb of Auburn, within Jack Lang's Auburn electorate, with police protection. In the December 1931 general elections he defeated Walter Marks for the House of Representatives seat of Wentworth, although both had been endorsed by the United Australia Party (UAP). He was appointed Minister for the Interior from 12 October 1934 in Lyons' second ministry, but lost the position on 9 November 1934 in Lyons' third Ministry, created to accommodate the Country Party. During this period he banned the entry of the Czechoslovakian anti-fascist campaigner, Egon Kisch into Australia.
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