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. "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. "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". It's an Honour, 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. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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