Charles Oakes
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Early life
Oakes was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, to Agnes Jane Template:Nee Revelle and James Richard Oakes, a storekeeper. He was educated at state schools in Sydney, after which he became a jeweller and watchmaker. He was involved in local politics as a member of Paddington Council. He married Elizabeth Gregory on 1 September 1885.[1]
Political career
In 1901, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Liberal Reform candidate for Paddington, and was re-elected in 1904 and 1907.[2] He was appointed a minister without portfolio in the Wade ministry in 1907 until 1910,[3] when he was one of three ministers defeated at the election.[2]
In 1913, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Commonwealth Liberal Party Senator from New South Wales,[4][5] he was not re-elected in the double dissolution election the following year.[4][6]
Oakes returned to state politics and the Legislative Assembly, winning Waverley as a Nationalist in 1917, serving again as a minister without portfolio from 1919.[3] He was elected as one of five members for Eastern Suburbs in 1920. He was Colonial Secretary and Minister for Public Health in the 7 hour Fuller ministry in 1921, and then served in the positions again in the second Fuller ministry from 1922 until 1925.[3] He did not contest the 1925 election, having accepted an appointment to the Legislative Council, where he served until his death.[3]
Death
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Honours
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) on 3 June 1922.[7]
References
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