predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place nationality party birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name occupation
john gellibrand australian arthur hutchin brighton , tasmania denison 10 june 1949 new town , tasmania australian australian labor party 16 april 1877 17 november 1928 mary jane pope charles culley.jpg charles culley
 19 december 1931 charles culley miner , unionist
charles culley

charles ernest culley cmg -lrb- 16 april 1877 -- 10 june 1949 -rrb- was an australian politician who was elected to the tasmanian house of assembly and the australian house of representatives .
culley was born at broadmarsh , near brighton , tasmania and attended primary school .
he worked in stables and was occasionally a jockey .
he later worked as a miner at broken hill , beaconsfield and tullah and married mary jane pope , in 1906 .
he was elected secretary of the amalgamated miners ' association in 1912 .
he moved to hobart in 1913 and became prominent in the union movement .
he was president of the hobart trades hall council for most of the period from 1934 to 1944 .
