Charles Edward Herbert | |
Parliament: | South Australian House of Assembly |
Order: | Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Northern Territory Elections: 1900, 1902 |
Term Start: | 20 October 1900 |
Term End: | 27 May 1905 |
Office2: | Government Resident of the Northern Territory |
Term Start2: | 1 February 1905 |
Term End2: | 8 February 1910 |
Predecessor2: | C. J. Dashwood |
Office3: | Deputy Chief Judicial Officer for the Territory of Papua |
Term Start3: | 1910 |
Term End3: | 1928 |
Office4: | Acting Judge of the Northern Territory |
Term Start4: | May 1921 |
Term End4: | October 1921 |
Office5: | Administrator of Norfolk Island |
Term Start5: | 6 June 1928 |
Term End5: | 21 January 1929 |
Birth Date: | 12 June 1860 |
Birth Place: | Strathalbyn, South Australia |
Death Place: | Norfolk Island |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Conservatives |
Charles Edward Herbert (12 June 1860 – 21 January 1929) was an Australian politician and judge. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1900 to 1905, representing the electorate of Northern Territory.[1] He was Government Resident of the Northern Territory from 1905 to 1910. He was then deputy chief judicial officer of the Territory of Papua (later Judge of the Central Court of Papua) from 1910 to 1928. This role saw him serve for extended periods on the Executive Council of Papua, and act as its Administrator and Lieutenant-Governor. During this period, he served as an acting judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 1921. He was appointed Administrator of Norfolk Island in 1928, holding the position until his death in 1929.[2]