Joseph Langsford
 Joseph Langsford | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa |
Norwood (en)  , 29 ga Yuli, 1865 |
| Mutuwa |
Claremont (mul) , 5 ga Afirilu, 1957 |
| Karatu | |
| Makaranta | Kwalejin Yarima Alfred |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | ɗan siyasa |
Joseph Wood Langsford (29 ga Yulin 1865 - 5 ga Afrilu 1957) ɗan kasuwa ne kuma ɗan siyasan Australiya wanda ya kasance memba na Majalisar Dokoki ta Yammacin Australiya daga 1904 zuwa 1911. Ya tsaya takarar majalisa sau takwas, amma ya lashe zaben sau biyu kawai.
Rayuwa ta farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Langsford a Adelaide ga Mary Ann (née Ware) da John Langsford . Ya halarci Kwalejin Prince Alfred, kuma bayan ya bar makaranta ya sami aiki tare da AMP Society (kamfanin inshora). A shekara ta 1884, an tura Langsford zuwa Yammacin Ostiraliya don aiki a ofishin kamfanin na Perth. Ya bar AMP a 1896 don kafa kasuwancin kansa a matsayin mai lissafi da mai binciken kudi. A ƙarshen shekarun 1890, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu ba da shawara don ƙirƙirar sabon garin Claremont (yanzu garin Claremonte) daga cikin Gundumar Claremont Road (yanzu Birnin Nedlands). An kammala wannan a shekara ta 1898, kuma a shekara mai zuwa an zabi Langsford a matsayin magajin gari na Claremont. Ya rike wannan mukamin har zuwa 1901, lokacin da Sydney Stubbs ya gaje shi, kuma daga baya ya sake aiki a majalisar birni daga 1903 zuwa 1906, da 1915 zuwa 1918.[1]
Siyasa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Langsford ya fara tsayawa a majalisa a Zaben jihar na 1901, yana takarar Majalisar dokoki, amma William Sayer (janar-janar) ya ci shi a sabon wurin zama na Claremont. A zaben Claremont na 1902, wanda Sayer ya yi murabus, Langsford ya sanya na uku a bayan John Foulkes da Frank Wilson. Daga bisani ya shiga majalisa a zaben majalisar dokoki na 1904, ya maye gurbin William Brookman a Lardin Metropolitan-Suburban. An sake zabar Langsford a shekara ta 1906, amma ya yi murabus 'yan watanni kafin ƙarshen wa'adinsa na biyu don yin takara a Majalisar Dokoki a Zaben jihar na 1911. Ya sake gudu a Claremont, amma ya rasa Evan Wisdom, tare da 'yan takara biyu suna tsaye a matsayin Ministoci.[2] A shekara ta 1912, Langsford ya yi ƙoƙari ya koma wurin zama na Majalisar Dokoki na baya, amma Archibald Sanderson ya ci shi.[1] Ya sake kalubalanci Claremont a zaben 1914, amma ya sake rasa Wisdom. Ya yi takarar karshe a majalisar dokoki a Zaben Claremont na 1918, inda ya yi takara a matsayin mai zaman kansa amma Thomas Duff ya ci shi.[2]
Rayuwa ta baya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A waje da kasuwanci da siyasa, Langsford ya yi aiki na lokaci a matsayin mai ba da kuɗi na Kwalejin Mata ta Methodist da kuma shugaban kwamitin amintattu na Kabari na Karrakatta. Ya mutu a Claremont a shekara ta 1957, yana da shekaru 91.[1] Ya auri Agnes Jane Read a 1888, tare da ita yana da 'ya'ya biyar.[2]