Harry Budd

Sir Harry Vincent Budd was an Australian politician.
He was born at Murwillumbah to Arthur Budd, later a member of the New [South Wales Legislative Assembly], and Annie Knight. He attended the local public school and worked as a journalist, editing the Tweed Daily from 1921 to 1923, when he was taken on by the Sydney Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph]. From 1931 to 1971 he was managing editor of The Land. On 25 January 1930 he married Colina McDonald White; they had four children. Budd was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1946, serving as a member of the Country Party. In 1966 he was elected President of the [New South Wales Legislative Council|President of the Council]. He was knighted in 1970, and served as President until his retirement from the Council in 1978.
Budd Place, in the Canberra suburb of Gilmore, [Australian Capital Territory|Gilmore], is named in his honour.