Joseph Vardon

Joseph Vardon (27 July 1843 – 20 July 1913)[1] was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, he received a primary education before becoming a farm worker and apprentice printer, running his own printing business by 1871.[2] He sat on Hindmarsh, Unley, and Adelaide City councils, and was President of the South Australian Liberal Union. He was elected to the Australian Senate as an Anti-Socialist Senator for South Australia in the 1906 Election, but his election was declared void on 31 May 1907.[3] The South Australian Labor Government attempted to install James O'Loghlin in the vacancy. Vardon's initial attempts to obtain a fresh election were unsuccessful.[4] Vardon subsequently succeeded with the High Court declaring O'Loghlin's appointment was void and ordering a supplementary election.[5] Vardon and O'Loghlin both contested the election, with Vardon winning comfortably with 54% of the vote.[6] He was defeated in the 1913 Election, by now a member of the Commonwealth Liberal Party.[7]

Joseph Vardon
Senator for South Australia
In office
1 January 1907 – 31 May 1907
Succeeded byJames O'Loghlin
In office
15 February 1908 – 30 June 1913
Preceded byJames O'Loghlin
Personal details
Born(1843-07-27)27 July 1843
Adelaide, South Australia
Died20 July 1913(1913-07-20) (aged 69)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAnti-Socialist (1907–09)
Liberal (1909–13)
OccupationBusinessman

His son, Edward Vardon, was an MP for Sturt 1918–1921, 1924–1930 and South Australian Nationalist Senator 1921–1923.[8]

His daughter, Hilda Marian Vardon (1886–1959) married Horace Abercrombie Fairweather (1881–1969), brother of Andrew Fairweather, on 12 April 1911.[9]

References
  1. "Vardon, Joseph (1843–1913)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 17 February 2012 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. "Vardon, Joseph (1843–1913)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Parliament of Australia.
  3. Blundell v Vardon [1907] HCA 75, (1907) 4 CLR 1463.
  4. R v Governor of South Australia; Ex parte Vardon [1907] HCA 31, (1907) 4 CLR 1497.
  5. Vardon v O'Loghlin [1907] HCA 69, (1907) 5 CLR 201.
  6. "The Senate Election". Evening Journal. South Australia. 16 March 1908. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Election of 31 May 1913 Senate: South Australia". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  8. "Vardon, Edward Charles (1866–1937)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Parliament of Australia.
  9. "Family Notices". The Register (Adelaide). LXXVI (20, 113). South Australia. 29 April 1911. p. 12. Retrieved 2 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.



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