Lee Batchelor Politician

Egerton Lee Batchelor, known as Lee Batchelor, (10 April 1865 – 8 October 1911), Australian politician, was the 2nd leader of the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party, a member of the First Australian Parliament, and the first member for the Federal Division of Boothby in South Australia, from 1903 to 1911. He was also the first federal politician to be given responsibility for the Northern Territory after it was ceded to the Government of Australia by South Australia.

Personal facts

Lee Batchelor
Alias (AKA)Batchelor Lee
Birth dateApril 10, 1865
Birth place
Adelaide , Division of South Australia
Date of deathOctober 08, 1911
Place of death
Warburton Victoria , Mount Donna Buang

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Member of parliament

region
Division of South Australia
Division of Boothby
successor

Politician

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party
Australian Labor Party

Lee Batchelor on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.peoplesvoice.gov.au/stories/nt/batchelor/batchelor_n.htm