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Place of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
About Ted Theodore
- Edward Granville Theodore (29 December 1884 – 9 February 1950) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1919 to 1925, as leader of the state Labor Party.
- He later entered federal politics, serving as Treasurer in the Labor Scullin Government. Theodore was born in Adelaide, the son of a Romanian immigrant.
- He left school at the age of 12, and spent the next decade working his way around the country.
- He arrived in Queensland in 1906, and soon became involved in the labour movement.
- Theodore was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1909, aged just 24.
- He was also elected state president of the Australian Workers' Union in 1913.
- Theodore became Treasurer of Queensland following Labor's victory at the 1915 state election. In 1919, Theodore succeeded T.
- J.
- Ryan as premier.
- His government pursued various interventionist economic policies, establishing a number of state-run enterprises and introducing new competition and labour market regulations.
- These perceived steps towards socialism led to Theodore being nicknamed "Red Ted".
- A notable constitutional reform was the abolition of the Queensland Legislative Council in 1922; Queensland remains the only Australian state with no upper house in its parliament.
- Theodore was popular among the general public, and won two state elections (1920 and 1923) before resigning in 1925 to enter federal politics.
- He was defeated at his first attempt, but two years later won a by-election for a seat in Sydney. In 1929, Theodore was elected deputy leader to James Scullin.
- He became Treasurer after the 1929 election, but resigned after less than a year amid accusations of corruption.
- Theodore returned as a Treasurer in early 1931, and served until the government's landslide defeat at the 1931 election, where he lost his own seat.
- He had little success in combating the Great Depression, and disputes over economic policy led to a party split and several defections to Lang Labor and the United Australia Party.
- Theodore was only 47 when he left politics, and went on to have a successful business career as a partner of Frank Packer.
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