was a member of the Catholic-reformist group and opposed union extremists in favour of majority parliamentary opinion. In 1923, he also served as vice president of the Australian Industrial Christian Fellowship Council. Appointed to Jack Lang's first cabinet as chief secretary in 1925, Lazzarini was one of the Labor parliamentarians who clashed with Lang over proposed regulations in 1926. He was subsequently dropped from the cabinet in May 1927, after also serving two months as acting secretary for mines. The Lang government lost power at the 1927 election, however Lazzarini was re-elected by the reinstated seat of Marrickville. Labor regained government in 1930, only to lose it after controversies of 1932, culminating in the governor withdrawing Lang's commission. Lazzarini maintained his opposition to Lang and his dictatorial style, one of the few in the New South Wales caucus to openly do so. As a result, he and others were expelled from the party in August 1936, only to be readmitted to the federal unity conference in 1937. Lazzarini joined the Industrial Labor Party in 1938, and continued to apply pressure to Lang, who was finally ousted in August 1939. Lazzarini served as an assistant minister in the next Labor government from 1941 until 1944. He was still member for Marrickville, in his 13th term as a member of parliament, when he died of heart disease in Lewisham in 1952. Carlo's great-great-grandniece is Courtney Houssos who is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council References Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1880 births 1952 deaths People from Young, New South Wales Australian politicians of Italian descent Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians Australian trade unionists Burials at Rookwood Cemetery