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Electoral District Of Enoggera
Enoggera was an Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It existed from 1873 to 1950 and centred on the suburb of Enoggera, Queensland, Enoggera in Brisbane. The electorate was created by the Electoral Districts Act of 1872. From 1873 to 1878 it returned a single member. From 1878 to 1888 it became a dual member constituency (returning two members). From 1888 to 1950 it reverted to returning a single member. In 1950 an electoral redistribution resulted in the name being dropped, with the bulk of its territory being split between Electoral district of Kedron, Kedron and Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha, Mount Coot-tha. Members for Enoggera The members representing the electoral district of Enoggera are listed below. See also * Electoral districts of Queensland * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year * :Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoggera, Queensland
Enoggera is a north-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is home to the Gallipoli Barracks. Geography Enoggera is by road north-west of the Brisbane GPO. The west of the suburb is dominated by Enoggera Hill () rising to . The Ferny Grove railway line passes through the north-east of Enoggera, with the suburb served by the Enoggera railway station (). History Aboriginal history The word Enoggera is a wrongly spelled by an error made at the Government Lands Office, when the letter u was mistaken for n. It was intended that the name should be recorded as ''Euogerra'', a contraction of the Turrbal phrase ''youara-ngarea'' meaning literally "sing-play" or song and dance. It refers to a ceremonial site used for dancing. It is said to have first applied to a site near the mouth of Breakfast Creek. It is possible, however, that the name was independently applied to a site at the place at presently known as Enoggera. They named the area near Bancroft P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Drake (politician)
James George Drake (26 April 1850 – 1 August 1941), often cited as J. G. Drake, was an Australian politician. After a number of years in Queensland colonial politics, he was elected to the Senate at the first federal election in 1901. He subsequently held ministerial office under prime ministers Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, and George Reid, serving as Postmaster-General (1901–1903), Minister for Defence (1903), Attorney-General (1903–1904), and Vice-President of the Executive Council (1904–1905). Early life Drake was born on 26 April 1850 in London, England. He was the son of Ann (née Hyde) and Edward Drake, his father being a publican. He was educated at King's College School and then worked for merchant firms for several years. Drake left London in October 1873 and arrived in Brisbane in January 1874. He sought work unsuccessfully in the tin mines at Stanthorpe before finding employment as a store clerk in Toowoomba, later returning to Brisbane. He also spent some ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Queensland Legislative Assembly
This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament. See also * Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia. Current Districts by region Districts in Far North Queensland * Barron River * Cairns * Co ... {{Members of the Parliament of Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Districts Of Queensland
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia. Current Districts by region Districts in Far North Queensland * Barron River *Cairns *Cook *Hill * Mulgrave Districts in North Queensland *Burdekin * Hinchinbrook * Mundingburra * Thuringowa *Townsville * Traeger *Whitsunday Districts in Central Queensland *Bundaberg * Burnett * Callide *Gladstone * Gregory *Hervey Bay * Keppel *Mackay * Maryborough * Mirani *Rockhampton Districts in South-West Queensland * Condamine *Southern Downs * Toowoomba North * Toowoomba South * Warrego Districts in South East Queensland Greater Brisbane – Northern Districts * Aspley * Bancroft – (part of Moreton Bay) * Clayfield * Cooper * Everton * Ferny Grove – (mostly Moreton Bay) * Kurwongbah – (part of Moreton Bay) * McConnel * Morayfield – (part of Moreton Bay) * Murrumba – (part of Moreton Bay) * Nudgee * Pine Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Morris (politician)
Sir Kenneth James Morris, (22 October 1903 – 1 June 1978) was an Australian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Queensland from 1957 to 1962. Early life Born in Brisbane, he was educated at Brisbane Grammar School before becoming the director of his family's boot manufacturing firm. In 1931, he married Ettie Louise Dunlop. Morris served in the military 1939–1944, in Britain (1940), Tobruk (1941) and Egypt (1942); rising to the rank of Major. Political career A founding member of the Liberal Party in Queensland, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 1944 as the member for Enoggera, transferring to Mount Coot-tha in 1950. Morris was state Leader of the Liberal Party 1954–1962, Deputy Premier 1957–1962, and Minister for Labour and Industry 1957–1962. He stepped down as leader in August 1962 and as Deputy Premier in September due to health reasons, and moved to Cooktown where he cultivated legume seed. In December 1963, he won a special el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cuthbert Taylor
George Cuthbert Taylor (14 February 1886 – 2 January 1957) was a shearer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Taylor was born in Victorian seaside town of Warrnambool, to parents William Walker Taylor and his wife Isabella (née Drever). His family was impoverished due to his father's drinking. He attended Hamilton State School until 1898 whereupon he began his working life, eventually becoming a shearer, working across Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. He joined the AWU in 1902, eventually becoming an organiser for the union in Adelaide from 1909 until 1911. 1912 saw him working as a miner in Ballarat and Broken Hill and in 1914 he served in the AIF including at Gallipoli where he was wounded and subsequently discharged in 1915. In 1918 he joined the Labor Party and acquired a reputation as a soapbox orator who spoke on topics, usually involving political theory, economics and rationalism, in great detail and with utmost s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Field Lloyd
William Field Lloyd (1873 – 29 May 1965) was a school teacher and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Lloyd was born at Tenby, Wales, to parents David Lloyd and his wife Elizabeth (née Field). He came to Australia at an early age and was educated at Brisbane State School. He started out his working life as an apprentice printer but before long he found himself working as a school teacher at Charters Towers Normal School and Ithaca Creek State School. He then established and directed the Queensland Correspondence College. On 8 December 1926 he married Mabel Stack (died 1978)Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Trout
Richard Taylor Trout (18 December 1851 – 30 June 1932) was a company director and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Trout was born in Exeter, Devon, to John Trout and his wife Sarah (née Tree).Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 26 March 2016. He came to Australia at an early age and was educated at Brisbane State School. He worked at the before trying his hand at |
Arthur Hawthorn
Arthur George Clarence Hawthorn (31 October 1859 – 6 May 1934) was a solicitor, and member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Hawthorn was born in October 1859 at Hobart Town, Tasmania, to George Hawthorn, shipmaster, and his wife Isabella Marie Louise (née Steele). Educated at Hobart High School, he was articled to three separate firms before being admitted as a solicitor in 1884 and immediately received an offer from Brisbane solicitor, Thomas Macdonald-Paterson to join him as a partner in the firm Macdonald-Patterson, Fitzgerald & Hawthorn. The firm was later to become Hawthorn & Byram in 1900, Hawthorn & Lightoller in 1916, and A. G. C. Hawthorn & Co. in 1931.Hawthorn, Arthur George Clarence (1859–1934) – '' |
Matthew Reid (politician)
Matthew Reid (30 September 1856 – 28 August 1947) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Ayrshire, he worked in London as a carpenter before migrating to Australia in 1887. He was active in the Carpenters' Union and was an organiser of the Australian Labour Federation from 1890. In 1893, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for Toowong. Defeated in 1896, he was elected as the member for Enoggera in 1899, serving until 1902. He served as President of the Queensland Labor Party in 1905, but left the party in 1909 to join the new Liberal Party. In 1917, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Nationalist Senator for Queensland. He remained a Senator until his retirement in 1934, by which time he was a member of the United Australia Party, successor to the Nationalist Party. Reid died in 1947, aged 90. Personal life Reid was a prominent Theosophist. He joined the Theosophical Society in 1908 and remained a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bulcock
Robert Bulcock (21 May 1832 – 10 May 1900) was a member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Bulcock was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, to Robert Bulcock, an overlooker in a cotton factory, and his wife, Ann (née Wilkinson). His family were strict Congregationalists, a belief he followed his entire life.Bulcock, Robert (1832–1900) – ''Australian Dictionary of Biography''. Retrieved 14 March 2015. Bulcock arrived in Queensland in 1855 and took up farming before becoming a seedsman and produce merchant in Queen Street, Brisbane. He was president of the Temperance movement in Australia, Temperance Council and his strict adherence to its views made him unpopular in many quarters. In the late 1870s, Bulcock became involved in the publication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
