sought to have the Legislative Assembly condemn the handling of the strike. FitzGerald, 3 other Labour members, Andrew Kelly James Johnston and William Sharp and 7 ex-Labour members voted against Reid's censure motion and the Dibbs government hung on. The 4 Labour members were expelled from the party in November 1893. Multi-member districts were abolished in 1894 and FitzGerald stood as a Protectionist candidate at the 1894 election for the new district of Sydney-Lang. He was defeated by Billy Hughes, finishing 3rd with 22% of the vote. He stood unsuccessfully as a protectionist candidate in 1895 (Bathurst), 1898 (Rylstone) and 1901 federal election (Robertson) and as an independent candidate in 1904 (Belmore). In 1909 he re-joined the Labour party, but was again unsuccessful in 1910 (Darlinghurst). He was a member of the central executive from (1911–16) and vice-president of the party in 1912. Career outside parliament FitzGerald was called to the New South Wales Bar in 1900 and was elected a Sydney City Councillor for the Belmore Ward on 7 December 1900, serving until 9 August 1904. Legislative Council In 1915 he was appointed to the Legislative Council, serving as Vice-President of the Executive Council (1915–19). He was the Representative of the Holman Labor government in the Legislative Council from 1915 until 1916 when Holman and his supporters were expelled from the Labor Party for supporting conscription. Holman continued as Premier of a grand coalition with the conservative Liberal Reform Party, later merging to become the Nationalist Party. Fitzgerald continued as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Representative of the Government in the Legislative Council until 1918. Other ministerial positions he held in the Holman government were Minister of Public Health (1916–19), Minister for Local Government (1916–20), Minister of Justice and Solicitor General (1919–20), and Assistant Minister for Public Instruction (1916). Personal life and death On 26 May 1892 Fitzgerald married Octavie Camille Clara Ernestine Roche at Chelsea in England and they had one daughter, Maria. He died at Darling Point on , survived by his daughter Maria Galatea Clarke. Publications References |- 1862 births 1922 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Solicitors General for New South Wales Sydney City Councillors Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales