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Members Of The Queensland Legislative Council, 1917–1922
This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1 January 1917 to the Council's abolition on 23 March 1922. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned. Background The Legislative Council had become a "thorn in the side" of the Labor government, led by T. J. Ryan and in power since the 1915 election, having rejected or drastically amended over 800 bills between 1915 and 1918. Having failed at a referendum on 5 May 1917 to abolish the council, Labor opted for a new strategy – to stack the Legislative Council with Labor appointees who would then vote themselves out of existence. In July 1917, the Governor, Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams, agreed reluctantly to Ryan's request to appoint 13 members to the Legislative Council. All of the new members had to sign a pledge supporting the abolition of the Council, and were sworn in on 10–12 October 1917. Another three were added to their nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Legislative Council
The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which took effect on 23 March 1922. Consequently, the Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the only unicameral state Parliament in Australia. Two territories, the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory, also maintain unicameral parliaments. Most of the early members of the Council came from wealthy families, were well educated and were born in England. Absenteeism was a problem in the early years, with some members returning to England, being absent for several years. Abolition The Legislative Council was seen by the Labor Party as undemocratic and a tool of patronage, and upon the establishment of a secure Labor majority in the Assembly in 1915, Labor sought the house's abolition. Bills for this purpose were rejected by the Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Campbell (Queensland Politician)
William Henry Campbell was a politician and newspaper editor/proprietor in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life William Henry Campbell was born on 18 July 1846 at Jersey in the Channel Islands, the son of Major-General Charles Stewart Campbell and his wife Elizabeth Charlotte (née Dale). His father was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo and was retired. The family moved to England where William Campbell attended private primary schools and Bluecoat School, a military school. He had a natural artistic skill, which he used to create pencil caricatures as well as oil and watercolour paintings. At the age of about sixteen, William Campbell accompanied one of his brothers to New Zealand during the New Zealand Wars. William studied the Māori language and acted as an interpreter for his brother's regiment. After that, he went to Queensland and made his way to the Palmer River Goldfields near Cooktown. There he contracted a fever w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Dunn (businessman)
Andrew Dunn (1854–1934) was a newspaper proprietor and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Andrew Dunn was born on 4 May 1854 in Greenock, Scotland, the son of Andrew Dunn and his wife Ann (née Anderson). Newspaper proprietor Having pursued careers unrelated to newspapers, in the late 1880s Andrew Dunn was appointed as a business manager for the Maryborough Chronicle. In 1888 he was given a £10 bonus from each stakeholder for his good work. This enabled him to purchase shares in the business and become a director. By 1891 he was the chairman of the company. His son Andrew (junior) had been working for the ''Rockhampton Bulletin'' for some years, when the death of one of its owners, John Blair, provided the opportunity for Andrew Dunn (senior) to purchase a controlling interest in the newspaper and put his sons Andrew (junior) and William Herbert Alan (Herbie) Dunn in charge of it. Later, after World War I, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Donovan
Timothy John Donovan (1873 – 27 August 1939) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Donovan was born at Brisbane, Queensland to Timothy James Donovan and his wife Maria Grace (née White) and educated at Brisbane Normal School. His involvement with The Worker newspaper began when he was a boy and he ended up becoming its manager. Political career When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile Council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed referendum in May 1917, Premier Ryan tried a new tactic, and later that year advised the Governor, Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, to appoint thirteen new members whose allegiance lay with Labour to the Council. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremiah Francis Donovan
Jeremiah Francis Donovan (1873 – 12 December 1949) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Donovan was born at Cork, Ireland to Cornelius Donovan and his wife Ellen (née Gallagher). Before leaving for Australia, he served with the Royal Irish Constabulary. He continued his police service in Queensland, where he joined the Queensland Police, specializing in fingerprinting. Political career When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile Council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed referendum in May 1917, Premier Ryan tried a new tactic, and later that year advised the Governor, Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, to appoint thirteen new members whose allegiance lay with Labour to the Council. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Demaine
William Halliwell Demaine (25 February 1859 – 18 August 1939) was a newspaper editor, trade union official, and member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Demaine was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, to parents Joseph Demaine, cabinetmaker,Demaine, William Halliwell (1859–1939) – . Retrieved 7 April 2015. and Elizabeth (née Halliwell). At around age 15, he went with his family to Uruguay and Argentina where he worked as a print ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Davey (Australian Politician)
Alfred Allen Davey (18 March 1856 – 27 June 1941) was member of the Queensland Legislative Council The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which to .... Early life Davey was born in Sussex, England to Allen Davey and his wife Ann (née Martin). Political career Davey was called up to the Queensland Legislative Council in July 1906 and served till the Council was abolished in March 1922. Personal life Davey married Matilda Margaret Lobb in London, and together had one child. He died in June 1941 and was cremated. References Members of the Queensland Legislative Council 1856 births 1941 deaths People from Sussex English emigrants to colonial Australia {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Curtis (Australian Politician)
George Silas Curtis (19 July 1845 – 6 October 1922)Curtis, George Silas (1845–1922) – Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 13 February 2015. was an Australian politician. He was a member of the twice, first as the Independent
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Walter Russell Crampton
Walter Russell (Jack) Crampton (3 July 1877 – 20 October 1938) was an Australian trade unionist, journalist and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council, until he voted (with others) to abolish the Council. Personal life Crampton was born in 1877 in Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, the eldest child of Walter James Crampton and Sarah Phillips. He left school at age 14 and then "humped his swag" around western New South Wales.Crampton, Walter Russell (1877–1938) ''Australian Dictionary of Biography Online'', accessed 18 October 2009. He came to Queensland in 1898. He married Amy Maria Beadle on 2 January 1903 in Townsville, Queensland.Queensland Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages They had five children: Raymond, Morrie, Madge, Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cowlishaw
James Cowlishaw (19 December 1834 – 25 July 1929) was an architect, businessman and politician in Queensland (initially a colony, then a state of Australia from 1901). Early life Cowlishaw was born in Sydney, where he was educated at St. James's Grammar School, and went to Queensland in 1861 to practise as an architect. Politics On 18 April 1878 he was appointed to a seat in the Queensland Legislative Council and held it until the Council was abolished in March 1922. Business Cowlishaw was part proprietor and managing director for some years of the '' Brisbane Evening Telegraph'', but sold his interest in the newspaper in 1885. Cowlishaw founded the Brisbane Gas Company in 1864, was auditor from 1869 to 1873 and then became a director. He then succeeded Lewis Bernays as chairman in March 1879, and held that position until 1920. Later life Cowlishaw died in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland and was buried in Toowong Cemetery Toowong Cemetery is a heritage-liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Courtice
Frederick Courtice (2 April 1883 – 18 February 1956) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Courtice was born at Mount Perry, Queensland, to parents Francis Courtice, labourer, and Elizabeth (née Hamilton) and educated at Bundaberg State School.Courtice, Benjamin (1885–1972) – Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 7 April 2015. Political career When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile Council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed |
Joe Collings
Joseph Silver Collings (11 May 1865 – 20 June 1955) was a long-serving Australian politician. He was a hardworking Australian Labor Party bureaucrat with valuable writing and speaking talents, who was eventually rewarded by a five-year stint as a federal government minister. Early life Collings was born in Brighton, England and educated at Brighton Board School and by his parents. He reported for the ''Sussex Daily News'' before emigrating with his parents to Brisbane when he was 18. He worked as a farm labourer, failed as a selector and, in 1885, married Kate McInerney. He found work in the footwear industry and was at one time secretary of the ''Queensland Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Association''. He worked with " scabs" during a strike in 1895 and was ostracised by the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation although he worked hard for the labour movement. His support for the 1912 Brisbane general strike led to him being forgiven by the unions and he subsequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
