(1912-03-12)12 March 1912 Leederville, Western Australia
Died
1 August 1986(1986-08-01) (aged 74)
Political party
Independent
Other political affiliations
Progressive Conservative (1980)
Occupation
carpenter, contractor
Sydney Ambrose Negus (12 March 1912 – 1 August 1986) was an Australian politician who was an independent senator for Western Australia from 1971 until 1974.[1] He was previously a carpenter and building contractor.[2]
Negus was president of the West Australian Sporting Car Club and competed in the Australian Grand Prix on several occasions.[3]
Negus was elected largely on an anti-inheritance tax platform, following the death of his brother, Oscar Negus a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which led to Syd Negus' realisation of the impost of the tax on widows.[4] His campaign established a groundswell of public support and Queensland was the first state to abolish inheritance taxes in 1977; the Commonwealth of Australia and other states followed soon after by abolishing their respective inheritance and gift taxes.[2]
Negus was defeated in the 1974 election.[3] He later contested the 1975 Bass by-election as an independent[5] and, at the 1980 federal election, was a candidate for the far-right, anti-immigration Progressive Conservative Party.[6]
^Parliamentary Handbook - Members of the Senate since 1901 Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ abDavid G. Duff (2005). "The Abolition of Wealth Transfer Taxes: Lessons from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand". University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
^ abFerrell, John (2010). "NEGUS, Sydney Ambrose (1912–1986)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Review of Western Australian State Taxes 1994". Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law. December 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
^Carr, Adam. "1975 Bass by-election". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^Carr, Adam. "1980 Senate election: Western Australia". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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19 Bob Biltoff Warren Matthews 1 Peugeot 4th Sedan Under 2600cc 118 20 SydNegus K. Wilkinson 25 Plymouth Sports Sports 96 21 Ray Barfield 8 Aston Martin...
Porsche 1600 AG Melrose 1 Sedan 1301–1600cc 172 7 SydNegus, K Wilkinson Plymouth Sports SA Negus 1 Sports Over 3000cc 172 8 Bob Avery Simca Wentworth...
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