Charles_Bridges_(politician)

Charles Bridges (politician)

Charles Bridges (politician)

Australian politician

Charles Brill Bridges (7 March 1881 – 17 June 1955) was an Australian politician.

Charles Bridges

Early life

He was born at Carcoar to leaseholder Henry Bridges. He was educated in Victoria and became a caterer.[1]

Career

He was a Paddington alderman from 1917 to 1922 and served on Sydney City Council from 1918 to 1921 and from 1922 to 1924. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1925 to 1937 and from 1940 to 1943.[1]

In 1928, when he was the Chairman and General Manager of Sargents Limited but no longer an alderman, he was implicated in corruption associated with a contract for the new Bunnerong Power Station.[2][3]

Family

On 12 July 1900 he married Beatrice Camilla Leisner, with whom he had one son.[1]

Death

Bridges died at Wahroonga in 1955.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Charles Brill Bridges". Sydney's Aldermen. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    "SARGENTS, LIMITED". Labor Daily. 9 June 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. [3]
    "THE EVIDENCE". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 June 1928. pp. 11, 12. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Mr Charles Brill Bridges (1881-1955)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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