Sydney Innes-Noad

Sidney (or Sydney) Reginald Innes-Noad CMG (1 May 1860 – 11 February 1931) was an English-born Australian politician.

[1][2] He was born at Highgate in London to merchant Frederick Innes-Noad and Emma Matilda Clark.

In 1891 he founded his own company, but he sold out in 1897 and moved to Brisbane and later to Sydney.

[4] In 1917 he was selected to be the Liberal candidate for St George, however William Bagnall, the Labour member for St George joined the Nationalist party on its creation in 1917 and Innes-Noad stood down to allow Bagnall to contest the seat as part of the agreed arrangements for the formation of the party.

[5] In May 1917, after the Nationalist victory at the election, Innes-Noad was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council.