Sir Henry Newman Barwell KCMG (26 February 1877 – 30 September 1959) was the 28th Premier of South Australia.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Barwell was educated at St Peter's College and Adelaide University, graduating in law. Admitted to the bar in 1899, Barwell built a successful legal practice where he specialised in defending murder suspects and became a prominent figure in the Adelaide Establishment. In 1902, he married Anne Webb in Cla...
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Sir Henry Newman Barwell KCMG (26 February 1877 – 30 September 1959) was the 28th Premier of South Australia.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Barwell was educated at St Peter's College and Adelaide University, graduating in law. Admitted to the bar in 1899, Barwell built a successful legal practice where he specialised in defending murder suspects and became a prominent figure in the Adelaide Establishment. In 1902, he married Anne Webb in Clare and together they had one son and three daughters.
Barwell entered the South Australian House of Assembly in 1915 as the Liberal Union member for the Electoral district of Stanley. In parliament he quickly became known both as an uncompromising conservative and as a likely future premier. He defended the restricted franchise of the South Australian Legislative Council, arguing that the Australian Labor Party should not be allowed to gain control "over the capital that employs labor, and over the superior intellect that governs that labor"....
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