Graham Waddell

Sir Charles Graham Waddell KBE (7 January 1877 – 7 April 1960) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Orange to bank manager Colonel George Walker Waddell and Fanny Elizabeth Sharpe.[1][2] He attended Sydney Grammar School and worked as a bookkeeper and overseer near Adelong before becoming a grazier at Bethungra. He was president of the Graziers' Association from 1925 to 1928 and chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council from 1925 to 1935.[3] In 1927 he was knighted.[4]

In 1936 he was elected to a 12 year term as a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council,[5] serving from 1937 until 1949.[6]

Waddell died at Potts Point in 1960 (aged 83).[3]

His uncle Thomas Waddell was also a member of Legislative Assembly and briefly Premier,[7] and his cousin John Waddell was the member for Waverley in the Legislative Assembly from 1932 until 1939.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mr John William Waddell (1891–1939)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Obituary Colonel George Walker Waddell". The Leader. 26 May 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 26 September 2022 – via Trove.
  3. ^ a b "The Hon. Sir Charles Graham Waddell, KBE (1877-1960)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. ^ "The Order of the British Empire - Knights Commander (Civil) (Imperial) entry for Mr Charles Graham Waddell". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 1927. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Candidates declared to be elected Members of the Legislative Council". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 204. 15 December 1936. p. 5134. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Nominations for Legislative Council". The Canberra Times. 16 March 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ Buck, A R. "Waddell, Thomas (1854? - 1940)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 27 November 2020.