Name Ernest Marks | Died December 2, 1947 | |
Ernest Samuel Marks CBE (7 July 1872 – 2 December 1947) was an Australian sporting administrator and politician.
He was born at West Maitland to wool broker Joseph Marks and Elizabeth, née Benjamin. He attended Royston College in Sydney before becoming a wool trader; he was involved in the running of the family business, Joseph Marks & Co. He also became involved in athletics, serving as secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union of Australia from 1896 to 1934 and as a foundation member of the New South Wales Sports Club. He was the manager of the Australian Olympic teams for the 1908 London games, the 1912 Stockholm games, and the 1932 Los Angeles games. He served as the Nationalist member for North Sydney in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1927 to 1930. In 1930 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He had also been active in local government through the Civic Reform Association, serving on Sydney City Council from 1920 to 1927 and from 1930 to 1947, with a period as Lord Mayor in 1930. He died in Sydney in 1947 ES Marks Athletics Field was named in his honour.