Walter Griffiths

Walter Griffiths (4 ga Yulin 1867 - 4 ga Satumba 1900) ɗan siyasa ne a Yankin Arewa Ostiraliya. Ya kasance memba na Majalisar Dokokin Kudancin Australia daga 1893 zuwa 1900, yana wakiltar masu jefa kuri'a na Yankin Arewa.

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An haife shi a Kent Town, Kudancin Ostiraliya, ɗan Frederick Griffiths, mai cinikin ƙarfe mai arziki, da matarsa Helen, mai suna Giles, Griffiths ya halarci Kwalejin St Aloysius da Adelaide" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="St Peter's College, Adelaide">Kwalejin Saint Peter a Adelaide. 

Lokacin da yake da shekaru goma sha biyar Griffiths ya koma Yam Creek a Yankin Arewa don yin aiki ga kawunsa William Griffiths, mai mallakar ma'adinai,  kafin ya zama abokin kasuwanci na Vaiben Louis Solomon a cikin kasuwancin ma'adanai a yankin Arewa da wuraren zinare na Yammacin Australiya, [2] ya mallaki Arewacin Yankin Times kuma ya zama fitaccen memba na Kamfanin Ma'adinai na Kalgoorlie.

Bayan rasuwar kawunsa a shekara ta 1892, Griffiths ya karɓi kasuwancin, yana riƙe da alakarsa da Solomon, wanda a cikin 1890, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mambobi biyu na gundumar Zabe ta Arewacin Yankin a Majalisar Dokokin Kudancin Australia. A Zaben Kudancin Australia na 1893 an zabi Griffiths, tare da Solomon, zuwa kujerar yankin Arewa. Yana da shekaru 25, Griffiths shine mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin House.

A matsayinsa na memba na Yankin Arewa, Griffiths ya yi tafiya mai nisa, gami da hawa doki tsakanin Maree (inda layin jirgin ƙasa daga Adelaide ya ƙare) zuwa Palmerston, da kuma ziyartar wasu yankuna masu nisa na masu jefa kuri'a ta hanyar raƙumi da doki.

Griffiths ta yi tsayayya da Shige da fice na Asiya, ta yi imanin cewa za a cire ayyukan daga mazauna yankin, da kuma 'yancin mata, suna jayayya cewa ba za a iya cire mata "daga matsayin da aka sanya ta cikin fagen siyasa ba".[4][5] Griffiths ta yi tsayayya da ikon mata a Kudancin Australia da Yankin Arewa. Yayinda dokar zaɓen ta yi nasara, an sake zabar Griffiths a cikin kwanciyar hankali a Zaben da ya biyo baya.

Da yake yana da hannu sosai a cikin batun Tarayya, Griffiths ya yi kamfen sosai a duk faɗin zinare na Yammacin Ostiraliya don shiga Commonwealth na Ostiraliya. Bayan kin amincewar Gwamnatin Yammacin Ostiraliya don gudanar da raba gardama kan Tarayya, a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1899 Griffiths ya taimaka wajen kafa Eastern Goldfields Reform League.[1] Kungiyar ta tattara sa hannu don gabatar da takarda ga Sarauniya Victoria tana neman kirkirar sabuwar jihar Australiya da ake kira Auralia, wacce za ta shiga tarayyar.[1] Griffiths ya yi tafiya zuwa Landan a farkon 1900 don gabatar da korafin kuma ya sa gwamnatin Burtaniya ta yarda da kirkirar Auralia ko tilasta Yammacin Australia ta shiga tarayya.[1]

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1867