Henry Barwell
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Sir Henry Barwell KCMG |
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| 28th Premier of South Australia Elections: 1921, 1924 |
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In office 8 April 1920 – 16 April 1924 |
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| 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) | |
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In office 1924–1925 |
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| Preceded by | John Gunn |
| Succeeded by | Richard L. Butler |
| Senator for South Australia | |
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In office 18 December 1925 – 22 March 1928 |
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| Preceded by | James O'Loghlin |
| Succeeded by | Albert Robinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 February 1877 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Died | 30 September 1959 (aged 82) |
| 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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