Harry Turley

Joseph Henry Lewis Turley (24 April 1859 – 5 June 1929) was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Queensland from 1904 to 1917, including as president of the Senate from 1910 to 1913. He had previously been a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life Turley was born on 24 April 1859 in Gloucester, England. He was the son of Agnes (née Oliver) and Charles Turley; his father was a master shoemaker.

Turley was educated in Brixham and went to sea at a young age. He arrived in Australia in 1879 and found work in Brisbane as a wharf labourer. He joined the Wharf Labourers' Union and eventually became secretary and president. During the 1890 maritime dispute, he was a member of the intercolonial defence committee organised by William Spence. In 1894 he helped re-establish the Socialist League in Brisbane alongside John Bond and Ernest Henry Lane.