Anthony St Ledger
{{Short description|English-born Australian politician}}
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| name = Anthony St Ledger
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| title = Senator for Queensland
| term_start = 1 January 1907
| term_end = 30 June 1913
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1859|2|18}}
| birth_place = Barnsley, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1929|4|17|1859|2|18}}
| death_place = Armadale, Victoria, Australia
| nationality = English Australian
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| party = Anti-Socialist (1907–09)
Liberal (1909–13)
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Anthony James Joseph St Ledger (18 February 1859 – 17 April 1929) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Barnsley, England, he migrated to Australia as a child and was educated at St Killan College in Ipswich, Queensland. He became a teacher with the Queensland Education Department, but studied law, eventually becoming a barrister. In 1906, he was elected to the Australian Senate as an Anti-Socialist Senator for Queensland, joining the Commonwealth Liberal Party when the Anti-Socialists were absorbed in 1909. His book Australian Socialism: An Historical Sketch of its Origins and Developments was published in 1909. He remained in the Senate until his defeat in 1913. Leaving politics, he moved to Melbourne to continue his career in law.{{Cite Au Senate|Sen id=anthony-james-joseph-st-ledger|name=ST LEDGER, Anthony James Joseph (1859–1929)|first=Jennifer|last=Harrison|year=2000|access-date=2023-01-18}}{{cite web |last=Carr |first=Adam |title=1913 Senate election: Queensland |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1913/1913senateqld.txt |accessdate=2023-01-18 |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive}}
References
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- A New Britannia: An Argument Concerning the Social Origins of Australian Radicalism and Nationalism (1970) Humphrey McQueen, Pelican Books Ltd.
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Category:English emigrants to colonial Australia
Category:Colony of Queensland people
Category:Free Trade Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Commonwealth Liberal Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian Senate for Queensland
Category:Burials at St Kilda Cemetery
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