Robert Sproule

Robert Sproule (16 March 1881 – 16 July 1948) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

He was born in Omagh in County Tyrone to farmer William Sproule and Mary Ann Clisdell. He was a junior clerk in the Justice Department, and studied at the University of Sydney, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1907 and a Bachelor of Law in 1913. On 15 March 1911 he married Effie Stevenson. He was a court reporter from 1912 to 1919, and was called to the bar in 1913. In 1927 he was admitted as a solicitor, and worked with Richard Meagher. From 1920 to 1934 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council; he was Solicitor-General from 1920 to 1922. Sproule died at Parramatta in 1948.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Parliament of New South Wales (2008). "Mr Robert Sproule, B.A., LL.B (1881-1948)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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