Alexander Armstrong | |
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 Portrait of Alexander Ewan Armstrong, ca. 1942 | |
| Member of theNew South Wales Legislative Council | |
| In office 23 April 1952 – 25 February 1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Ewan Armstrong (1916-06-15)15 June 1916 Sydney,New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 27 April 1985(1985-04-27) (aged 68) Alice Springs,Northern Territory, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Other political affiliations | Country Party |
| Spouse(s) | Marjorie Alma Goodhew Margaret Rose Cleary |
| Parent(s) | George Armstrong Florence Edith Ewan |
| Alma mater | Scots College |
| Occupation | Grazier |
Alexander Ewan Armstrong (15 June 1916 – 27 April 1985) was a politician, grazier and businessman in New South Wales, Australia.
Armstrong was born inSydney to doctor George Armstrong and Florence Edith Ewan. He attendedScots College and became a grazier, working first on the family'sAlbury property and then at Winderadeen andCollector. On 10 February 1945, he married Marjorie Alma Goodhew and they had two daughters. He later divorced, and remarried Margaret Rose Cleary in July 1963.[citation needed]
A member of theLiberal Party, he was elected to theNew South Wales Legislative Council in 1952. In 1956, he defected to theCountry Party.[1] In 1968 theSupreme Court found that Armstrong had threatened to have a business associate killed,[2] and on 25 February 1969 the Legislative Council passed a resolution that he was guilty of conduct unworthy of a member of the council and that he be expelled.[3][4] Armstrong unsuccessfully challenged his expulsion in theCourt of Appeal.[5][4]
He died atAlice Springs in 1985.[1]
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