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John Harris (New South Wales Politician)
John Harris (10 August 18387 November 1911) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in Maghera in County Londonderry to John Harris and Nancy Ann McKee. His family migrated to Sydney in 1842. He attended the University of Sydney, but left before graduating to manage the property he had inherited from his father. In 1869 he married Lizzie Henrietta Dingle Page; they had eight children. He was a Sydney City Councillor from 1873 to 1883, from 1885 to 1900 and from 1902 to 1911, serving as Mayor from 1881 to 1883 and from 1888 to 1889, known for reforming the council and with a reputation for honesty. He was elected to 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 ... for West Sydney at the 1877 election, but he was defeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harris (New South Wales Politician)
John Harris (10 August 18387 November 1911) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in Maghera in County Londonderry to John Harris and Nancy Ann McKee. His family migrated to Sydney in 1842. He attended the University of Sydney, but left before graduating to manage the property he had inherited from his father. In 1869 he married Lizzie Henrietta Dingle Page; they had eight children. He was a Sydney City Councillor from 1873 to 1883, from 1885 to 1900 and from 1902 to 1911, serving as Mayor from 1881 to 1883 and from 1888 to 1889, known for reforming the council and with a reputation for honesty. He was elected to 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 ... for West Sydney at the 1877 election, but he was defeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cary Dangar
Henry Cary Dangar (4 June 1830 – 25 April 1917) was a colonial Australian politician. He served two terms in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly during the 1870s and 1880s. Biography Dangar was born in Port Stephens, New South Wales, second son of Henry Dangar. Dangar was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1857. He entered at the Inner Temple in August 1849, and was called to the bar in June 1854. Dangar was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 16 December 1874 for West Sydney, a seat he held until 12 October 1877. He then represented East Sydney from 17 November 1880 to 23 November 1882. On 9 October 1883 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, a position he held until his death. Dangar was a member of the Australian Jockey Club for 42 years. On 19 September 1865, Dangar married Lucy Lamb. Dangar died of hemiplegia in Potts Point, Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Toohey (New South Wales Politician)
James Matthew Toohey (18 March 1850 – 25 September 1895) was a brewer and politician in the Colony of New South Wales. Early life He was born in Melbourne to businessman Matthew Toohey and Honora Hall, his middle name referring to Father Mathew, the Irish apostle of temperance. On 5 June 1873 he married Catherine Magdalene Ferris, with whom he had twelve children. Brewing In 1870, aged 20, he opened a brewing business with his brother John. The brewery was successful, moving to larger premises in 1873 and again in 1876, and would eventually become the public company Tooheys. Politics He stood as a candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for district of South Sydney at the 1885 election. On the major issues of the election, he noted that it scarcely needed to be said that he was opposed to the local option, put forward by the teetotallers to reduce the consumption of alcohol, stating that "people will not be made total abstainers by Act of Parliament". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Forsyth
Archibald Forsyth (10 March 1826 – 15 March 1908) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born at Garmouth in Morayshire to carpenter John Forsyth and Helen Young. He worked on the railways and in the timber trade before migrating to New South Wales in 1848. He logged cedar on the Northern Rivers before following the gold rush across New South Wales and Victoria. He was married three times: firstly on 21 January 1854 to Sarah Corbett, with whom he had nine children; secondly on 24 October 1877 to Sarah Spottiswood Emmett née Blackham (widow of Edward Nucella Emmett); and thirdly around 1906 to Harriet Grace Walker. A general merchant from 1862 to 1864, he established the first rope factory in Sydney in 1865. He was the first president of the Chamber of Manufacturers in 1885, lead the Protection Union in 1886, and helped found the Animal Protection Society in 1873. In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Withers (politician)
George Withers (15 June 1843 – 31 March 1908) was an Australian politician. He was born in Parramatta, the son of draper Edwin Augustus Withers. He was apprenticed to a builder at the age of sixteen, and became a partner in the List Brothers firm in 1867. On 18 April 1870 he married Mary Ann Callaghan, with whom he had seven children. In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for South Sydney. Re-elected in 1882, he was defeated in 1885 but returned in 1887; he retired in 1889. During this period he retired from building and became a land auctioneer. After leaving politics he moved to Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ..., where he died in 1908. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Withers, George 1843 births 1908 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thomas Poole
William Thomas Poole (1828 – 7 February 1902) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in London to farmer Daniel Cluttenbuck Poole and Eliza Quiddington. He worked as a railway contractor from a young age and in 1851 was shipwrecked, penniless, in South Australia. He worked on New South Wales railways and settled in Sydney. On 31 December 1853 he married Emma Mary Slemmings, with whom he had five children; a second marriage on 21 June 1867 to Mary Sinclair Macfie produced a further six children. He worked as a district surveyor and also owned a sugar mill at Kempsey. In 1880 he was elected to 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 ... for South Sydney, serving until his defeat in 1885. In 1891 he was elected t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Benjamin Olliffe
Joseph Benjamin Olliffe (10 September 1835 – 6 September 1930) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at Cork to innkeeper Joseph Benjamin Olliffe and Ann Osborne. He arrived in New South Wales around 1837 and became a hotel keeper. On 22 May 1861 he married Elizabeth Catherine Callaghan, with whom he had thirteen children. He was elected to 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 ... for South Sydney in 1882, serving until 1887. Olliffe died at Randwick in 1930. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Olliffe, Joseph Benjamin 1835 births 1930 deaths Hoteliers Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davies (New South Wales Politician)
John Davies (2 March 1839 – 23 May 1896), was a member of the Parliament of New South Wales. Davies was born in Sydney, the son of John Davies, of New South Wales. In 1861 he married Miss Elisabeth Eaton. Starting in business as an ironmonger and general blacksmith, he commenced to take an active part in politics on the Liberal side as soon as he was of age. On 1 December 1874 he was elected an alderman for the City of Sydney, serving as an alderman until 1882. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly as one of four members for East Sydney at the election on 9 December 1874, representing this seat until 1880. He was Postmaster-General in the Robertson Government from August to December 1877. Davies was acting British Commissioner at the Sydney International Exhibition in 1879, and was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the following year, when he was a Commissioner for New South Wales to the Melbourne International Exhibition; as also for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lord Carter
George Lord Carter (1841 – 18 October 1891) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to dealer Robert Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Maria Bonn. He was a tailor and mercer who worked from George Street. On 26 March 1863 he married Mary Ann McCoy, with whom he had nine children. He served on Sydney City Council from 1878 to 1884. On 1 November 1880 his candidacy for the seat of South Sydney in 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 ... was confirmed and at the election on 18 November 1880 he was elected. He was, however, defeated in 1882. Carter died in Sydney in 1891. In a pre-election speech on 4 November 1880, he expressed himself as a free-trader, but in favour of initial state-support for industries, as being ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fraser Martin
William Fraser Martin (1834 – 25 October 1917) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Inverness to farmer William Martin and Elizabeth Fraser. The family moved to New South Wales around 1837 and became farmers. Martin followed the gold rushes through New South Wales and Victoria before becoming a farmer in 1859. On 28 April 1859 he married Mary McFarlane, with whom he had two sons. He moved to Sydney to work as a land agent, and in 1880 was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for West Sydney. He was defeated in 1882, but returned to the Assembly in 1887 as the member for Shoalhaven The City of Shoalhaven is a local government area in the south-eastern coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is about south of Sydney. The Princes Highway passes through the area, and the South Coast railway line traverses t .... He did not contest the 1889 election. Martin died at Redfern in 1917. References {{DEFAUL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Abigail
Francis Abigail (16 January 184023 July 1921) was politician and manufacturer from New South Wales, Australia. Early life Francis Abigail was the son of Hannah Coney and William Abigail. In 1860, he immigrated to Sydney and was married the following year. Politics and public service He served as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for West Sydney from 1880 to June 1891. He served as Secretary for Mines in the fourth ministry of Sir Henry Parkes from 20 January 1887 to 10 January 1889. He was a Justice of the Peace for the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria. Abigail was a member of the New South Wales Commission for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition of 1888. In 1890, he was a member of the Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy, held at the Crystal Palace. That same year, he visited England and the various Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel O'Connor (politician)
Daniel O'Connor (13 September 1844 – 24 January 1914) was an Irish-born politician and businessman active in colonial-era New South Wales. Early life and education O'Connor was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, to Patrick and Margaret O'Connor. In 1854 he moved with his family to Sydney, sailing on the ''Lord Hungerford''. The younger O'Connor joined his father working in a butcher's shop after only a brief education. Eventually as a teenager he studied literature at the Sydney School of Arts and later at the City College. He was married in 1868 to Mary Carroll. They had seven children. Business By the early 1870s O'Connor had his own butchering business and had accumulated 14 houses and 7000 pounds. By 1872 he had lost his money and houses after speculating on goldmining shares. By the time the decade was out he had regained his fortune. Public life O'Connor was active in Sydney public life in the 1870s, being a member of the Catholic Association, chair of the Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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