{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Fred Stacey | honorific_suffix = | image = Fred Stacey.jpg | constituency_MP = Adelaide | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor = George Edwin Yates | successor = Cyril Chambers | term_start = 19 December 1931 | term_end = 21 August 1943 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1879|8|6}} | birth_place = Carey Gully, South Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1964|9|17|1879|8|6}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = United Australia Party | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Various | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Fred Hurtle Stacey''' (6 August 1879 – 17 September 1964) was an Australian politician.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1931/1931repssa.txt | title=Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 19 December 1931 | publisher=Psephos | accessdate=16 October 2016}}</ref> He was a United Australia Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1931 to 1943, representing the electorate of Adelaide.
He was born at Carey Gully, South Australia, the fourth son of Henry and Anne Stacey.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129003459 |title=URAIDLA PIONEER |newspaper=The News |volume=XIV |issue=2,129 |location=Adelaide |date=14 May 1930 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=13|edition=SPORTS |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="penportraits">{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74376367 |title=Pen Portraits Of Old And New Members |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=21 December 1931 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=63 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He worked as a miner at Moonta and Wallaroo and in Western Australia, managed his father's orchard for a time, and became involved in the timber industry, owning the Lenswood Case and Timber Mills, which supplied timber to the mines and for fruit cases. He was involved in the local community at Uraidla, serving on the local show and school committees, but later retired from the timber business and moved to suburban Maylands.<ref name=fedcandidates>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90638554 |title=CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL ELECTIONS |newspaper=The Chronicle |volume=LXXIV |issue=3,912 |location=Adelaide |date=26 November 1931 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=newsubmayors>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129025884 |title=NEW SUBURBAN MAYORS |newspaper=The News |volume=XI |issue=1,663 |location=Adelaide |date=12 November 1928 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=8|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was a Corporate Town of St Peters councillor from 1923 to 1925, an alderman from 1925 to 1928, and mayor from 1928 to 1932.<ref name=newsubmayors /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65053922 |title=MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. |newspaper=The Register |volume=LXXXVIII |issue=25,876 |location=Adelaide |date=3 December 1923 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90504269 |title=ST. PETERS. |newspaper=The Chronicle |volume=LXVIII |issue=3,612 |location=Adelaide |date=12 December 1925 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=70 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128939573 |title=SOCIAL TO MR. F. H. STACEY |newspaper=The News |volume=XIX |issue=2,914 |location=Adelaide |date=19 November 1932 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Stacey was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1931 federal election, defeating long-term Labor MP George Edwin Yates. He was re-elected in 1934, 1937 and 1940, the third time with a majority of 2,198.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11798315 |title=LABOUR'S HOPES AND PROSPECTS |newspaper=The Argus |issue=30,258 |location=Melbourne|date=19 August 1943 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Stacey was defeated in the Labor victory at the 1943 federal election, although he had previously been reported as being "supremely confident" of retaining his seat.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2646170 |title=PARTY VIEWS OF THE POLL |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=17 |issue=4813 |date=23 August 1943 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17860964 |title=ELECTORATES REVIEWED |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=32,964 |date=20 August 1943 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Stacey moved to Klemzig after his parliamentary defeat, where he again ran an orchard.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43744047 |title=SOCIAL NOTES |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=21 November 1947 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93184224 |title=Out Among The People |newspaper=The Chronicle |volume=90 |issue=5,122 |location=Adelaide |date=19 February 1948 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=39 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129883933 |title=Theft at Home Of Ex-M.H.R. |newspaper=The News |volume=43 |issue=6,660 |location=Adelaide |date=2 December 1944 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He later twice unsuccessfully contested Liberal and Country League preselection for state seats: in 1944 for Central District No. 2 in the Legislative Council, and in 1947 for the House of Assembly seat of Torrens.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128389422 |title=Ex-M.H.R. Seeking Council Selection |newspaper=The News |volume=42 |issue=6,384 |location=Adelaide |date=14 January 1944 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93123584 |title=Candidates For L.C.L Pre-Selection |newspaper=The Chronicle |volume=89 |issue=5,058 |location=Adelaide |date=28 November 1946 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=31 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128372582 |title=L.C.L. Endorses Ex-Minister |newspaper=The News |volume=47 |issue=7,296 |location=Adelaide |date=20 December 1946 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.pic-an6570710&fullrecord=yes&referercode=cat Fred Stacey Caricature from 1936], National Library of Australia
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