Harry Massey
{{Short description|Australian politician (1888–1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
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|constituency_AM1 = Toowong
|assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
|term_start1 = 2 April 1938
|term_end1 = 15 April 1944
|predecessor1 = James Maxwell
|successor1 = Charles Wanstall
|birth_date = 1888
|birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
|death_date = 3 June 1962 (aged 74)
|death_place = Toowong, Queensland, Australia
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|nationality = Australian
|party = United Australia Party
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Harry Massey was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowong.{{Cite web |title=Former Members Bio - Queensland Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2650930440 |website=www.parliament.qld.gov.au |accessdate=17 August 2015}}
Early life
He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 6 June 1888. He became President of the Australian Natives' Association, Melbourne Branch at 21 years of age. He was also prominent in the YMCA, a member of the Commercial Travellers' Association, the Royal Queensland Yacht Club, the Constitutional Club and Indooroopilly Golf Club.
Politics
Massey was elected as an alderman of the Brisbane City Council for the Toowong ward in 1931 and held that role until 1937.{{Citation |title=Alderman Harry Massey |publication-date=1931 |publisher=Brisbane City Council |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/167748387 |accessdate=2 September 2015}}
He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 2 April 1938 as a member of the United Australia Party. He remained an elected member until 15 April 1944. He did not receive Queensland People's Party endorsement for the 1944 state election and ran as an independent, but he was defeated.{{Cite web |url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2650930440 |title=Massey, Mr Harry |date= |accessdate=2 September 2015 |website= |publisher=Queensland Parliament |last= |first=}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
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