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George Clubb
George Clubb (1844 – 29 March 1924) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born at Fochabers in Morayshire to builder John Clubb and Ann Newlands, his family moved to Sydney around 1851. He was educated at Pyrmont and became apprentice to his father in the building trade. He lived in Balmain as a builder from 1870, and in the 1880s established himself as a real estate agent in Rozelle. He married Ida Keynott in 1880; they had nine children. He was a long-serving Balmain alderman, and was mayor four times. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Balmain, but he was defeated in 1891. He continued to work as an estate agent and auctioneer until his retirement in 1923. He died at Drummoyne Drummoyne is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Drummoyne is six kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative center for the local government are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fochabers
Fochabers (; gd, Fachabair or Fothabair) is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, east of the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the east bank of the River Spey. 1,728 people live in the village, which enjoys a rich musical and cultural history. The village is also home to Baxters, the family-run manufacturer of foodstuffs. The present village owes its existence to Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743–1827). During the late-eighteenth century, during the Scottish Enlightenment, it was fashionable for landowners to found new towns and villages; these can be recognised all over Scotland, because unlike their predecessors they all have straight, wide streets in mainly rectangular layouts, a central square, and the houses built with their main elevations parallel to the street. The tenants benefited from more spacious homes, and the Duke, it has to be said, benefited from not having the ''hoi polloi'' living in hovels right on the doorstep of Gordo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Smith (Australian Politician)
Frank James Smith (1852 – 4 January 1910) was an English-born Australian politician. Early life His parents were land speculator Lewis Francis Smith and Sarah Leicester. He arrived in Victoria around 1867, and then spent some time in Hobart. He worked as a printer's apprentice in Victoria and then moved to Balmain in Sydney around 1877. He trained as a solicitor, however he never practised. Around 1872 he married Sarah Thursdon, with whom he had a daughter. Political career In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Balmain. He was re-elected in 1889, but was defeated in 1891. Criminal conviction Smith was the managing director of the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company from September 1889 until September 1890, and the company was placed into liquidation on 11 September 1891. In February 1892 he was convicted of conspiracy to fraudulently misrepresent the financial affairs of the company, and was sentenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Trade Party Politicians
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Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Following are lists of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...: * 1856–1858 * 1858–1859 * 1859–1860 * 1860–1864 * 1864–1869 * 1869–1872 * 1872–1874 * 1874–1877 * 1877–1880 * 1880–1882 * 1882–1885 * 1885–1887 * 1887–1889 * 1889–1891 * 1891–1894 * 1894–1895 * 1895–1898 * 1898–1901 * 1901–1904 * 1904–1907 * 1907–1910 * 1910–1913 * 1913–1917 * 1917–1920 * 1920–1922 * 1922–1925 * 1925–1927 * 1927–1930 * 1930–1932 * 1932–1935 * 1935–1938 * 1938–1941 * 1941–1944 * 1944–1947 * 1947–1950 * 1950–1953 * 1953–1956 * 1956–1959 * 1959–1962 * 1962–1965 * 1965–1968 * 1968–1971 * 1971–1973 * 1973–1976 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Deaths
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1844 Births
In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30. Events January–March * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives its charter from Indiana. * February 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. * February 28 – A gun on the USS ''Princeton'' explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United States Cabinet members and several others. * March 8 ** King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden–Norway upon the death of his father, Charles XIV/III John. ** The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is reopened after 45 years of closure. * March 9 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''Ernani'' debuts at Teatro La Fenice, Venice. * March 12 – The Columbus and Xenia Railroad, the first railroad planned to be built in Ohio, is chartered. * March 13 – The dictator Carlos Antonio López becomes first President of Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Balmain
The Municipality of Balmain was a local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed in February 1860 and, with an area of 3.8 square kilometres, covered the entire peninsula of Balmain north of Callan Park and Foucart Street, including the present suburbs of Balmain, Balmain East, Birchgrove and Rozelle. The council was amalgamated with the municipalities of Leichhardt and Annandale to the south with the passing of the ''Local Government (Areas) Act 1948''. Council history and location The Municipality of Balmain was proclaimed on 21 February and Gazetted on 27 February, with the first elections held on 27 March 1860. The election of the first nine councillors was declared on 5 April 1860, with the first meeting occurring on the first day and the election of the first chairman, Rev. Ralph Mansfield. Following the passing of the ''Municipalities Act, 1867'', Chairman was retitled "Mayor" and Councillors became Aldermen. With this Act, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Murphy (Australian Politician)
William Alfred Murphy (1 March 1858 – 11 October 1929) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Liverpool, England and was educated there and in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He worked for a Boston-based firm before going to sea and arriving in Sydney, Australia in 1879. He returned for a period to England, but was soon a key figure in the New South Wales labour movement. In 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain representing the new Labor Party, but disputes over the pledge led to him contesting the 1894 election as a Protectionist unsuccessfully. Murphy moved to Fremantle in Western Australia around the time of the conclusion of his New South Wales parliamentary term. He worked for the Customs Department for eight years before going into business as a customs agent. He was Mayor of Fremantle from 1907 to 1909, and was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1910 to 1911, representing the electorate of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Johnston (New South Wales Politician)
James Johnston (1854 – 31 December 1930) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Liverpool to labourer Andrew Johnston and Anna Patterson. The family moved to Sydney in 1857 and he attended Balmain State School. After leaving school he was apprentice to a boilermaker, eventually becoming a journeying boilermaker himself. On 22 September 1877 he married Sarah Fuller, with whom he had eight children. A committed trade unionist, he helped to form the Boilermakers' Society and the Queensland branch of the Federated Seamen's Movement. On returning to Sydney he became president of the Boilermakers' Society. In 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain, representing the newly formed Labor Party. On refusing to sign the pledge, he became a Protectionist, but he was defeated in 1894. Johnston died in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Ocea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Darnley
Edward Darnley (29 January 1859 – 25 June 1927) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Birmingham to building contractor Edward Darnley and Anna Worrall. He left school at eleven, eventually becoming a plasterer. In 1885 he moved to New South Wales, where he became president of the New South Wales Plasterers' Society. On 2 December 1885 he married Eliza Ann Wild; they had nine children. In 1891 Darnley was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain, representing the new Labor Party. He refused to sign the pledge and contested the 1894 election as an independent free trade candidate, but was defeated. Darnley died at Leichhardt Leichhardt may refer to: * Division of Leichhardt, electoral District for the Australian House of Representatives * Leichhardt Highway, a highway of Queensland, Australia * Leichhardt Way, an Australian road route * Leichhardt, New South Wales, inn ... in 1927. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Darnley, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Daniel Clark
George Daniel Clark (30 July 1848 – 21 February 1933) was an Australian politician. Born in Colchester, Essex, to Daniel and Mary Ann Clark, he received limited schooling and worked on ships, which eventually took him to Australia around 1871, where he found employment with the Australasian Steam Navigation Company. On 27 August 1875 he married Rosannah Jane Druce at Woolloomooloo, with whom he had five children. He subsequently moved to Sydney and became a messenger at the Sydney Observatory. Having joined the International Order of Good Templars around 1873, he edited the ''New South Wales Good Templar'' (renamed ''Australian Temperance World'' in 1896) from 1883 to 1917; he was also a foundation member of the New South Wales Institute of Journalist. In 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as one of four members for Balmain; he was elected for the Labor Party but refused to sign the pledge, subsequently joining the Free Traders. In 1894 Balmai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hawthorne (Australian Politician)
John Stuart Hawthorne (14 February 184830 July 1942) was an Australian politician. Early life Born in Sydney to James Hawthorne and Jane Elkins, he attended Cleveland Street Public School before working with a softgoods firm, establishing his own business in 1875. In that year he married Mary Emily Meyn at Singleton, with whom he had nine children. In 1884 he was bankrupted; he was discharged in 1885, becoming an auctioneer and estate agent at Leichhardt. Political career In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as one of the members for Balmain, serving until 1891, joining the Free Trade Party on the emergence of political parties in 1887. He was bankrupted again in 1890, but retained the seat unopposed at the resulting by-election. He was discharged from bankruptcy in 1891. Multi-member constituencies were abolished in 1894 and Balmain was split into In 1894 he was not the selected Free Trade candidate for Leichhardt, but stood as an independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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