Edward Bertram ("Bertie") Johnston

Edward Bertram Johnston (11 January 1880–6 September 1942), known as Bertie Johnston, was the Western Australian Legislative Assembly member for Williams-Narrogin from 1911 to 1928, and a Senator from 1929 until 1942. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Legislative Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. His resignation from the Australian Labor Party in 1915 made possible the defeat of John Scaddan's Labor government in Western Australia. John Scaddan, CMG (4 August 1876 – 21 November 1934 popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October The formation of the Government of Western Australia is prescribed in its Constitution which dates from 1890 although it has been amended many times since then Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent.

Bertie Johnston was born in Geraldton, Western Australia on 11 January 1880, the son of Harry Johnston, Surveyor-General of Western Australia. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Harry Frederick Johnston (1853–June 1915 was Surveyor-General of Western Australia from 1896 to 1915 The Surveyor General of Western Australia is the person nominally responsible for government Surveying in Western Australia. He was educated at High School (now Hale School) in Perth, and from 1895 to 1909 was employed as a clerk in the Lands and Surveys Department. Hale School, informally known as Hale is an independent, Anglican, day and Boarding school for boys located in Wembley Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. He later became a wheat and sheep farmer near Narrogin, and a substantial investor in hotels and real estate. Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. Narrogin is a large town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, southeast of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom

Johnston joined the Australian Labor Party, and on 3 October 1911 was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Williams-Narrogin. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Legislative Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. In his first term he largely supported John Scaddan's Labor government, but after being re-elected in 1914 he became an outspoken backbench critic of the government, and voted against it on a number of occasions. John Scaddan, CMG (4 August 1876 – 21 November 1934 popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October For other meanings see Backbench A backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP or a legislator who does not hold governmental Johnston was the only Labor member for a farming seat after 1914, and he was greatly angered by Scaddan's failure to honour a promise to lower the price of crown land. Crown land is a designated area belonging to The Crown, the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the Monarchy and could not be

Late in 1914, the Scaddan government faced a no-confidence vote over its handling of the Nevanas affair. A motion of no confidence (also vote of no confidence, censure motion, no-confidence motion, or confidence motion) is a Parliamentary motion The Nevanas affair was a political scandal in Western Australia that was partly responsible for the downfall of John Scaddan 's Labor government Johnston and the government's other main backbench critics, Edward Heitmann and George Taylor, were convinced not to bring down the government by the promise of a leadership spill. Edward Ernest Heitmann ( 3 June 1878 – 30 January 1934) Australian Politician, was a member of the Western Australian They voted with the government, and the government won by a single vote. However, the caucus subsequently voted to confirm the existing ministry. In protest, Johnston resigned from the Labor party and from parliament on 18 December 1915. The Parliament of Western Australia consists of the Western Australian Legislative Council, the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the Governor Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He then contested the resulting by-election as an independent, and won. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant This left the government with just 24 seats in a house of 50. Scaddan's minority government was permitted to continue for six months, but in July 1916 it was defeated. A minority government or a minority cabinet is a Cabinet of a Parliamentary system formed when the governing Political party or

Despite the defeat of the Labor party, a Labor member, Michael Troy, remained Speaker, thus giving Frank Wilson's government an extra vote. Michael ("Mike" Francis Troy (born October 3, 1940) is a retired butterfly Swimmer from the United States, who The Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer in the Legislative Assembly. In February 1917, Labor moved a motion of censure against the government, and Johnston indicated his intention to move an amendment. Under the assumption that Johnston would support the censure as amended, Troy resigned as Speaker in order to give the Labor party sufficient numbers to defeat the government. However at the last minute Wilson and the leader of the Country Party Francis Willmott persuaded their followers to accept Johnston's nomination as Speaker. Johnston became Speaker on 13 February 1917, and the government were then able to defeat the censure motion by a single vote. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Greatly angered by what they saw as a betrayal, the Labor members refused to accept Johnston's authority. When during a heated argument Johnston commanded Labor member John Holman to leave the chamber, Holman refused and a policeman was called to eject him. A number of Labor members then physically prevented Holman's removal. Johnston was forced to suspend the sitting, and the following day he resigned as Speaker, to be replaced by former leader of the Country party James Gardiner. James Gardiner may refer to James Gardiner (Australian politician, Australian politician James Gardiner (British Army officer, 17th

Johnston won his seat as a Country Party candidate in the election of June 1917, and would hold it for the Country Party until 1928. The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. From 1923 until 1928, he was Deputy Leader of the Country Party. Johnston resigned his Legislative Assembly seat on 3 October 1928, and on 17 November was elected to the Australian Senate. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. He took up his seat in the Senate on 1 July 1929, and remained a senator until his death in 1942. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

On 18 February 1931, Johnston married Hildelith Olymphe King-Lethbridge. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He fathered three daughters. On 6 September 1942, he was drowned at Black Rock, Victoria. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Black Rock is a suburb of Melbourne which lies on the shoreline of Port Phillip Bay about 18km south east of the CBD, and is located in the heart of

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• Black, David and Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). David Black (born 1936 is a Western Australian Historian. He has lectured and written extensively on Australian and Western Australian history especially Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton AO is an Australian Historian born on 5th November 1931 in Claremont, Perth, Western Australia Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One, 1870–1930, Revised Edition, Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. Parliament House Perth is located on Harvest Terrace in Perth, Western Australia. The Parliament of Western Australia consists of the Western Australian Legislative Council, the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the Governor ISBN 0730738140.