Frederick Coneybeer

In 1880 he moved to Melbourne, where he worked for a while, then to Adelaide, South Australia in 1881, where he found employment with J.

He was an active member of the Saddlers' Trade Society, and filled most positions in that Union.

[2] Coneybeer was elected as a member of the United Labor Party in 1893, and served as state Minister for Education under Thomas Price (1908–1909) and John Verran (1910–1912).

In 1915, when Labor regained office under Crawford Vaughan, he was made Speaker of the House of Assembly.

Coneybeer remained Speaker throughout, only losing office when lost his seat in 1921, as the coalition split and the National Party was resoundingly defeated statewide.