Elliott Johnston

Elliott Frank Johnston AO QC (26 ga Fabrairu 1918 - 25 ga Agusta 2011) ya kasance lauya ne na Australiya kuma mai fafutukar Kwaminisanci. A matsayinsa na alƙali na Kotun Koli ta Kudancin Australia (1983-1988), shi ne kawai kwaminisanci da ya yi aiki a matsayin alƙali a Australia. An kuma tuna da shi a matsayin Kwamishinan na biyu kuma na karshe na Royal Commission a cikin Mutuwar Aboriginal a cikin Kula (1989-91).

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Johnston a Arewacin Adelaide ga William Stewart da Elsie Vivian Johnston, kuma ya girma a Kingston SE, ya fara karatu a makarantun sakandare na jama'a sannan kuma a Kwalejin Prince Alfred a kan tallafin karatu. Ya ci gaba da karatun shari'a a Jami'ar Adelaide kuma bayan ya yi aiki a kamfanin lauya na Povey Waterhouse yayin da yake dalibi, nan da nan aka ba shi aiki. Ya zama sakataren kungiyar zaman lafiya ta Jami'ar a 1937 kuma a 1940 ya kafa kungiyar Radical Club, wacce aka dakatar da ita cikin wata daya.

 Ayyuka 
A shekara ta 1940, duk da son zaman lafiya, ya shiga soja; ya yi aiki a New Guinea daga 1943 zuwa 1945 kuma ya dawo a matsayin mataimakin.

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan dawowarsa daga Yaƙi, ya buɗe ofishinsa na lauya da ake kira Johnston Withers Lawyers. Ya auri Elizabeth Teesdale Smith, wata 'yar jami'a mai tsattsauran ra'ayi, a ranar 17 ga Afrilu 1942. 

Johnston ya shiga Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Ostiraliya a shekarar 1941. Ya halarci taron zaman lafiya na Sheffield a Warsaw a 1950 sannan ya fara wani ɗan gajeren yawon shakatawa na Moscow da Leningrad, wanda ya haifar da soke fasfo dinsa. A shekara ta 1951, ya bar aikinsa don yin aiki na cikakken lokaci a matsayin mai shirya kwaminisanci, kuma a shekara ta 1954, an zabe shi zuwa kwamitin jihar Kudancin Australia na jam'iyyar. Ya yi karatu a kasar Sin daga watan Agustan 1955 zuwa Fabrairu 1957, kuma a watan Yulin 1957, ya koma doka. Johnston bai yarda da wuce gona da iri na Stalinist da Maoist ba amma ya ci gaba da kasancewa da manufa; an gabatar da shi a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Sarauniya (QC) a shekarar 1969 amma an ƙi shi saboda dalilai na siyasa. A shekara mai zuwa, bayan da aka ci Gwamnatin Hall da Jam'iyyar Labor Party ta Don Dunstan, an nada Johnston a matsayin QC.[1]

 Manazarta 
Klaassen, Nic (2011). "REVIEW: Red Silk: The Life of Elliott Johnston QC". Flinders Ranges Research. South Australian History. Retrieved 10 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2011
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1918