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P~~Ielafibe &M.Wmtrlg Condolence-26 September, 1984 1413 p~~ielafibe&m.wmtrlg Wednesday, 26 September, 1984 Mr Speaker (The Hon. Lawrence Borthwick Kelly) took the chair at 2.15 p.m. Mr Speaker offered the Prayer. DEATH OF THE HONOURABLE SIR VERNON HADDON TREATT, A FORMER MINISTER OF THE CROWN Mr WRAN (Bass Hill), Premier and Minister for the Arts [2.15]: I move: That this House extends to Lady Treatt and family the deep sympathy of Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in the loss sustained by the death of the Hon. Sir Vernon Haddon Treatt, K.B.E., M.M., Q.C., M.A., B.C.L., a former Minister of the Crown. Vernon Treatt entered this House at the election of March 1938 as the member for the seat of Woollahra. His political career began in the twilight of the United Australia Party governments which had dominated New South Wales politics since the defeat of the Lang Labor Government in 1932. In a little more than a year after his election he was appointed Minister of Justice, a position he was to hold until the defeat of the Mair-Bruxner coalition of 1941. From 1946 to 1954 he served as Leader of the Opposition, in the twilight years of the Mair-Bruxner Government, and in the decade of Labor ascendancy which followed. Vernon Treatt displayed that balance of academic accomplishment and keen political instinct so necessary for any Leader of the Opposition, matched against the likes of McKell, McGirr and Cahill. Through all this he managed to pursue a distinguished academic career serving as a Challis lecturer in criminal law at the University of Sydney from 1927 to 1959. He served the people of his electorate of Woollahra for twenty-two years until the seat was abolished in 1962. Though Vernon Treatt failed in his attempts to contest the new seat of Bligh in 1962 his political talents were soon to be utilized with his appointment as chairman of the Local Government Boundaries Commission from 1962 to 1969 and as Chief Commissioner of the City of Sydney from 1967 to 1969. He will be remembered as a skilled advocate and Crown Prosecutor, an aca- demic lawyer of note and a conservative leader whose political skills helped his party survive its wilderness period in the immediate post-war years. The late Sir Vernon Treatt was also a champion long distance runner, a Rugby player and a keen surfer. His long years of service to this country were recognized in 1970 when the Qucen invested him as a Knight Commander of the British Empire. On behalf of the Government, I extend sympathy to Lady Treatt and her children. Mr GREINER (Ku-ring-gai), Leader of the Opposition [2.21]: I join with the Premier in offering sincere condolences to Lady Treatt and her family on the death of Sir Vernon. Vernon Treatt was the son of English parents and was born in Singleton in 1897. He was educated at Sydney Grammar and later at St Paul's College at the University of Sydney where he shone as both a scholar and sportsman. Like so many of his contemporaries his career was interrupted by war, and he served in France in World War I, where he won the Military Medal for carrying telephone wires under heavy fire. After surviving that conflict, he returned to Australia to recommence his studies and career. He excelled in his scholastic pursuits, studying at Oxford as a result of winning a Rhodes Scholarship. On his return to Australia, he commenced what was to become an outstanding legal career both in practice and academia. Mr Treatt, as he then was, entered State Parliament as the United Australia Party member for Woollahra in 1938. In 1939 as a result of his recognized legal capacity, he was appointed Minister of Justice and held that portfolio until the defeat of the Mair-Bruxner Government in 1941. In 1945 he was elected Deputy Leader of the Opposition and became Leader in 1946. He remained the Liberal Leader of the Opposition until August 1954. Ultimately it was the strength of his convictions rather than any frustration of opposition that resulted in his resignation. He was not re- strained in admonishing sections of the Liberal Party for what he considered to be their shortsightedness in indulging in the luxury of internal squabbling and highlighting trivial differences. Like leaders of all major political parties, I suspect, he felt at times a sense of despondence at the endless internecine troubles which diverted his party from its basic goals and aspirations. At the time of his resignation, Vernon Treatt said : Objectives are the important things and Party supporters should not allow themselves to become side-tracked by petty argument or become pre- occupied with personalities. He did not choose to consult party members about his decision to resign, but like so many significant decisions taken in this world, it is said that he reached his on the golf course that day. After signing the necessary documentation, he went to the theatre in order, I suspect. for life to assume some degree of perspective. Although he lost the leadership of the Liberal Party, the party continued to rely greatly upon his thorough Itnowledge of the parliamentary process, a ltnowledge embellished by a genuine respect if not reverence for the parliamentary system of government. In 1962. as a result of a redistribution Sir Vernon found his seat of Woollahra had disappeared, replaced with what is today the unique and diverse seat of Bligh. As was the case at so many times during his life, Vernon Treatt could have chosen, as the Duily Mirror put it, "an easy and lucrative way out, but typically he stayed to fight". It was a fight in this instance which he lost. Displaying the tenacity for which he was renowned, Vernon Treatt committed himself to an area which had long been a centre of his interest, that of local govern- ment. He was chairman of the Local Government Boundaries Commission from 1964 to 1969 and became Chief Commissioner of the City of Sydney from 1967 to 1969. He was knighted in the New Year's honours list in January 1970. It is appropriate and relevant on the day after we presented the Address in Reply to His Excellency the Governor to quote from Vernon Treatt's Address in Reply in 1950. As Leader of the Opposition he touched upon the Government's reaction to criticism and said: It is not the intention of the Opposition-and I think events will prove it-to indulge in any fractious or captious criticism. Occasionally, no doubt, our criticism may irk members of the Government side, but our intention is to use our voting strength as a means of ensuring alert administration on the part of the Government and of seeing that Parliament is not used as a rubber stamping machine for the government of the day. Condolence-26 September, 1984 1415 It has been said once and repeated many times over that a week is a long time in politics. What should not be forgotten are the significant and dignified contributions made by Sir Vernon to this Parliament, this city and this State. He occupied a difficult position for many years and provided an effective opposition to the Government of the day. On behalf of the Opposition I pay tribute to his commitment to the parliamentary system and the principles for which it stands. Mr HILLS (Elizabeth), Minister for Industrial Relations [2.25]: I join with the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition in the motion conveying to Lady Treatt the sympathy of this House on the death of Sir Vernon Treatt. Sir Vernon was a member of this Parliament when I was elected to it a little more than thirty years ago. As Leader of the Opposition and a former Minister of the Crown, Sir Vernon made a significant contribution to this Parliament. He had a way about him that clearly showed his depth of knowledge of the affairs of this State. He was a man on whom one could rely implicitly that his word was his bond. After his electorate seat of Woollahra had been abolished I was Minister for Local Government and it was my pleasure to recommend to His Excellency the Governor that Sir Vernon be appointed as Chairman of the Local Government Boundaries Commission. I do not think that members on my side of the House were pleased that I was proposing a former Leader of the Opposition for the position, but I had a lot of respect for Sir Vernon's capacity and ability to handle the position. In subsequent years he was appointed as Chief Commissioner of the Council of the City of Sydney after the council members had been replaced by commissioners. Sir Vernon was a former trustee of the Sydney Cricket Ground. In that capacity he did a great deal for sport in this State. Recently when Sir Vernon was not present at the final Rugby union test match between Australia and New Zealand I realized that age had finally caught up with him and we probably could not expect to see him at the ground again. Together with other members, my wife and I wish to convey our condolences to Lady Treatt, who is a delightful woman in her own right. Mr PUNCH (Gloucester), Leader of the National Party [2.27]: On behalf of the members of the National Party I join with the Premier, the Leader of the Opposition and the Minister for Industrial Relations in conveying to Lady Treatt and other members of the family the deepest sympathy on their great loss.
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