someone they considered soft on immigration. Later life Out of parliament, Manning remained on the executive of the Nationalist Party and stood as the official Nationalist Party candidate for the suburban Sydney federal Division of Wentworth at the 1929 election, following the expulsion of the sitting member Walter Marks from the party. Manning lost and returned to his life as a gentleman grazier while remaining involved in farming and political issues, including a stint as a United Australia Party (the successor to the Nationalist Party) councillor from 1933 to 1935. He died in Sydney. References Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Macquarie Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia 1872 births 1947 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians People from Wagga Wagga