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About Ernest Marks
- Ernest Samuel Marks CBE (7 July 1872 – 2 December 1947) was an Australian sporting administrator and politician. He was born at West Maitland to wool broker Joseph Marks and Elizabeth, née Benjamin.
- He attended Royston College in Sydney before becoming a wool trader; he was involved in the running of the family business, Joseph Marks & Co.
- He also became involved in athletics, serving as secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union of Australia from 1896 to 1934 and as a foundation member of the New South Wales Sports Club.
- He was the manager of the Australian Olympic teams for the 1908 London games, the 1912 Stockholm games, and the 1932 Los Angeles games.
- He served as the Nationalist member for North Sydney in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1927 to 1930.
- In 1930 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
- He had also been active in local government through the Civic Reform Association, serving on Sydney City Council from 1920 to 1927 and from 1930 to 1947, with a period as Lord Mayor in 1930.
- He died in Sydney in 1947 ES Marks Athletics Field was named in his honour.
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