Percival Stanley Brookfield (7 August 1875 – 22 March 1921) was an Australian politician and militant trade unionist. He was variously known as Percival...
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people at Riverton railway station. Two of the victims, including MP Percy Brookfield, died of their wounds. 1–2 June 1919 Sydney, New South Wales 2 16 18...
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British population geneticist Percy Brookfield (1875–1921), Australian politician and trade unionist Price Brookfield (1920–2006), American basketball...
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(1886–1947), English international table tennis player Percival "Percy" Brookfield (1875–1921), Australian politician and militant trade unionist Percival...
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Workers Union on Labor Council of New South Wales. Supporters included Percy Brookfield, the member for Sturt (Broken Hill) in the New South Wales Legislative...
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election, with one of the members Percy Brookfield winning the seat of Sturt as a Socialist candidate. Brookfield had the balance of power in the assembly...
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parliamentarian. In 1921 another Labor MP in the NSW Legislative Assembly, Percy Brookfield, was slain in Riverton, by a psychotic man. Ngo was arrested for Newman's...
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Kearsley Labor Death (30 August 1921) David Murray Labor Sturt ¶ Percy Brookfield Socialist Labor Murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at...
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1919: Sedan railway line between Monarto South and Sedan opens. 1921: Percy Brookfield, a NSW Politician, is shot at the Riverton railway station and later...
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politician Percy Brookfield, who had attempted to subdue the gunman before being shot. Tomyaoff only expressed remorse for shooting Brookfield and no one...
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remembered in Broken Hill and beyond. Workers' heroes such as Tom Mann and Percy Brookfield are memorialised in various ways all over the town and the story of...
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running for Sturt, but filled the vacancy caused by the murder of Percy Brookfield in 1921. Wright himself caused a vacancy a year later when he died...
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Western Australian Legislative Council. 22 March – New South Wales MP Percy Brookfield is shot and killed when he tackles a crazed gunman at the train station...
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Railways. He was succeeded as the member for Sturt by the more radical Percy Brookfield. In 1914 his younger brother George joined him in the legislative Assembly...
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was evenly divided, with Labor having 43 seats and the support of Percy Brookfield (Socialist Labor) and Arthur Gardiner (Independent Labor), while the...
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Express from Adelaide fired a number of shots into the dining room, and Percy Brookfield, the Member of Parliament for Broken Hill, was shot and killed when...
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for Sturt Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton on 22 March 1921. Which party interest Brookfield represented...
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February 1937. Windeyer appeared in many notable cases, significantly for Percy Brookfield, Thomas Mutch and Ernie Judd in 1918 when they appealed against the...
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William Gibbs Sam Toombs Frederick Reed Sturt 3 Mat Davidson* Brian Doe* Percy Brookfield* (ISLP) Walter Webb Jabez Wright John Thorn Frank Wilkinson Thomas...
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was evenly divided, with Labor having 43 seats and the support of Percy Brookfield (Socialist Labor) and Arthur Gardiner (Independent Labor), while the...
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members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019. "Brookfield, Percival Stanley (1875–1921)". Former members of the Parliament of New...
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of the Socialist Labor Party. In February 1921, the parliamentarian Percy Brookfield and several other members split from the Socialist Labor Party and...
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election and took his seat on 20 September 1922. On 22 March 1921 Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton. Between...
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by-election Saturday 3 February Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor Percy Brookfield 3,301 54.4 Independent Labor Brian Doe 2,739 45.2 Independent John...
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O'Brien Richard Ball Preceded by Percy Brookfield Member for Sturt 1920 – 1927 Served alongside: Davidson, Brookfield/Wright/Horsington Succeeded by Ted...
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of Railways. The resultant by-election was won by Labor candidate Percy Brookfield on 3 February 1917. The changes to the composition of the house, in...
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was evenly divided, with Labor having 43 seats and the support of Percy Brookfield (Socialist Labor) and Arthur Gardiner (Independent Labor), while the...
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(Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1981) Labor's Titan: The Story of Percy Brookfield, 1878-1921 (Edited with Gilbert Roper) (Warrnambool Institute Press...
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for Sturt Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton on 22 March 1921. Which party interest Brookfield represented...
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Brian Doe (1920–1927) Percy Brookfield (1920–1921) Jabez Wright (1921–1922) Ted Horsington (1922–1927) Preceded by Percy Brookfield Succeeded by Ted Horsington...
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