page_title: List of people from the greater Ashfield area
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from the greater Ashfield area / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Sir Bertram Stevens (seated, centre), Premier of New South Wales (Australia) from 1932 to 1939, and members of his cabinet.
context_page_description: This is a List of notable residents or former residents of the greater Ashfield area in Australia, covering the suburbs of the Municipality of Ashfield in Inner West of Sydney, including Ashfield, Croydon, Haberfield, and Summer Hill.
context_section_description: Joseph Abbott (New South Wales politician) (1843–1903), wool-broker and politician
  Michael Fitzpatrick (Australian politician) (1816–1881), public servant, land agent and politician
  Mark Hammond (1844–1908): gold miner, mayor of Ashfield and member of the NSW Parliament
  Ninian Melville (1843–1897): a well-known Sydney furniture maker and mortician who subsequently became the Mayor of Ashfield, and a parliamentarian
  Richard Murden (1906-1997): Haberfield furniture salesman, twice elected mayor of Ashfield and also elected to the NSW Parliament.
  Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896): Former NSW Premier, lived in Ashfield during the 1870s
  Herbert Pratten (1865–1928): Jam maker and politician, was mayor of Ashfield and later Federal Minister for Trade and Customs from 1923 to 1928; Pratten Park named in his honour
  Murray Robson (1906-1974): soldier awarded the DSO in WWII and NSW opposition leader from 1954 to 1955. His father, William Robson (1869-1951), was also a member of parliament and mayor of Ashfield.
  Sir Bertram Stevens (1889–1973): premier of New South Wales from 1932 to 1939
  Paul Whelan (born 1943): Mayor of Ashfield from 1972 to 1976 and Minister for Police in the Carr government from 1995 to 2001.
  Also see List of mayors at the end of the page.
caption: Bertram Stevens
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