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Herbert Vere Evatt

The Right Honourable Dr
Herbert Vere Evatt
PC QC KStJ
Herbert V. Evatt.jpg
Justice of the High Court of Australia
In office
19 December 1930 – 2 September 1940
Nominated by James Scullin
Preceded by Sir Charles Powers
Succeeded by Sir Dudley Williams
Chief Justice of New South Wales
In office
15 February 1960 – 24 October 1962
Preceded by Sir Kenneth Street
Succeeded by Sir Leslie Herron
Leader of the Opposition
Elections: 1954, 1955, 1958
In office
20 June 1951 – 9 February 1960
Monarch George VI
Elizabeth II
Governor-General Sir William McKell
Sir William Slim
Prime Minister Robert Menzies
Deputy Arthur Calwell
Preceded by Ben Chifley
Succeeded by Arthur Calwell
Leader of the Labor Party
In office
20 June 1951 – 9 February 1960
Deputy Arthur Calwell
Preceded by Ben Chifley
Succeeded by Arthur Calwell
Attorney-General of Australia
In office
7 October 1941 – 19 December 1949
Prime Minister John Curtin
Frank Forde
Ben Chifley
Preceded by Billy Hughes
Succeeded by John Spicer
Minister for External Affairs
In office
7 October 1941 – 19 December 1949
Prime Minister John Curtin
Frank Forde
Ben Chifley
Preceded by Sir Frederick Stewart
Succeeded by Percy Spender
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Barton
In office
21 September 1940 – 22 November 1958
Preceded by Albert Lane
Succeeded by Len Reynolds
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Hunter
In office
22 November 1958 – 10 February 1960
Preceded by Rowley James
Succeeded by Bert James
Personal details
Born Herbert Vere Evatt
(1894-04-30)30 April 1894
Maitland, New South Wales, British Empire
Died 2 November 1965(1965-11-02) (aged 71)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Political party Labor
Spouse(s) Mary Sheffer
(m. 1920; wid. 1965)
Relations Clive Evatt (brother)
Elizabeth Evatt (niece)
Penelope Seidler (niece)
Children 2
Education Fort Street High School
Alma mater University of Sydney
Occupation Trade union executive
(University of Sydney Union)
Trade union lawyer
(Transport Workers Union
Profession Trade Unionist
Barrister
Politician

Herbert Vere Evatt, QC KStJ (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965), usually known as H. V. Evatt or Bert Evatt, and often as "Doc" Evatt on account of his Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree, was an Australian judge, lawyer, parliamentarian and writer.

Evatt was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940; Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949; the third President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1948 to 1949, when he helped to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Leader of the Australian Labor Party (and Leader of the Opposition) from 1951 to 1960; and Chief Justice of New South Wales from 1960 to 1962.

Evatt was born in Maitland, New South Wales, the fifth of eight sons of John Ashmore Evatt, an English publican from British India, and Sydney-born Irish-Australian Jane "Jeanie" Sophia (née Gray). His younger brother was the politician and lawyer Clive Evatt. Their father died when Bert was seven years old, and his mother shouldered the task of encouraging an intellectually gifted family. (He was never known as Herbert, as his family called him "Bert".)


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