John Cramer (Australian politician)
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The Honourable Sir John Cramer |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Bennelong |
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In office 10 December 1949 – 11 April 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Division created |
| Succeeded by | John Howard |
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18 February 1896 Quirindi, New South Wales |
| Died | 18 May 1994 (aged 98) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Dame Mary Therese Cramer (1893–1984); four children |
Sir John Oscar Cramer (18 February 1896 – 18 May 1994) was an Australian politician, representing the Liberal Party of Australia, of which he was a founding member. He was a Roman Catholic, a rare thing in the Liberal Party in its founding days and this was an issue.
John Cramer was elected as Mayor of North Sydney in 1939. Later he was Chairman of the Sydney County Council. He was elected to the House of Representatives as the inaugural representative of the seat of Bennelong on its creation in 1949. In 1956, the Prime Minister Robert Menzies appointed him Minister for the Army, a portfolio he held until 1963.
In 1964 he was created a Knight Bachelor. He retired from parliament before the 1974 election, and was succeeded by John Howard (later to become Prime Minister). He died on 18 May 1994, aged 98.
In 1922 he married Mary Therese Earls, a teacher, and his elder by two and a half years. The couple had four children: John, Erle, Bronwyn and Leonie. For her four decades of service as a charity worker and community activist, Lady Cramer was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971.
Dame Mary Cramer predeceased her husband by almost a decade, dying on 23 September 1984 (aged 91).
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