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Henry Adam "Harry" Bruce (16 May 1884 – 11 October 1958) was an Australian politician, firstly for Queensland and later for the Parliament of Australia. ==Biography== Born in Wandiligong, Victoria, he was educated at Haileybury College in Melbourne before moving to Queensland to become a bushworker in 1902. Later, he was a sugar grower and an organiser of the Australian Workers' Union. In 1923 Bruce was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for the district of Kennedy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alphabetical Register Of Members Of The Legislative Assembly 1860 – 2012 ) 〕 In 1932, he was elected to the The Tableland. In that year he was appointed Secretary of Public Works; in 1938 he was also made Secretary of Public Instruction, a position he held until 1941. In 1947 he was transferred from Public Works to Public Instruction.〔 During this time, the Bruce Highway was named in his honour. Bruce left the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1950,〔 and the following year was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Leichhardt. Bruce died in 1958 and was buried in Balmoral Cemetery.〔(Bruce Henry Adan M H R ) — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 3 January 2015.〕 As the federal elections of that year were drawing close, no by-election was held to replace him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Bruce (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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