Bertram Stevens (politician)

Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens KCMG was an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales from 16160May 1932 toAugust 1939.

Stevens was born in the Sydney suburb of Redfern and attended Fort Street High School. An accountant by training, the teetotal Methodist Stevens worked for years in local government and various civil service departments. In 1914, he married Edith Lillie Anderson and they had one son and two daughters. In 1924, he became undersecretary and director of finance at the State Treasury, where he came into conflict with the ALP Premier and Treasurer, Jack Lang and subsequently resigned. In 1927, he became an alderman on Marrickville Council.

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