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Members Of The Victorian Legislative Council, 1907–1910
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council at the election of 4 June 1907, up to the election of 2 June 1910. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1904 triennial election with terms expiring in 1910, while the other half were elected at the 1907 triennial election with terms expiring in 1913. The Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 defined 17 Provinces with two members each for a total of 34 members. :Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province. Henry John Wrixon was President; Arthur Sachse was Chairman of Committees. : Austin died 30 November 1909; replaced by Thomas Carthew Miners in December 1909. : Fitzgerald died 17 August 1908; replaced by George Dickie in September 1908. References Re-member(a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria The Parliament of Victoria is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to its federal counterpart, the Australian Senate. Although, it is possible for legislation to be first introduced in the Council, most bills receive their first hearing in the Legislative Assembly. The presiding officer of the chamber is the President of the Legislative Council. The Council presently comprises 40 members serving four-year terms from eight electoral regions each with five members. With each region electing 5 members using the single transferable vote, the quota in each region for election, after distribution of preferences, is 16.7% (one-sixth). Ballot papers for elections for the Legislative Council have above and below the line voting. Voting above the line requir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Callender Campbell
James Callender Campbell (17 July 1838 – 9 February 1916) was an Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for South Eastern Province from 1895 to 1910. Campbell was born in Ballynagard, Derry, Ireland and was educated at Foyle College and Belfast Academy. In 1858 he sailed for Australia in the ship ''Royal Charter''; his brothers having established a business – Campbell Brothers – some time before his arrival. Campbell entered into partnership with his brothers as merchants, importers and shipping agents until 1861 when he went to New Zealand and carried on the business of an importer and general merchant there till 1864 when he returned to Melbourne and in 1865 took the management of the auctioneering business of McCaw and another. In conjunction with William McCulloch he subsequently acquired the business, which for some years was carried on at the Royal Horse Bazaar under the style of McCulloch Campbell and Company. In 1868 J. M. Pratt became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party Of Australia – Victoria
The National Party of Australia – Victoria is a political party in Victoria, which forms the state branch of the federal Nationals. Historically, it represented graziers, farmers and rural voters. However, the modern National Party no longer represents these traditional interests; shifting its focus to support the mining industry and as a result, ignoring the challenges faced by rural communities and farmers struggling with the effects of climate change and mining practices such as fracking. The Victorian Farmer's Union formed in 1914 was the precursor to the Victorian Country Party, later the Nationals. The party, commonly referred to as "The Nationals," is presently the junior partner in a centre-right Coalition with the Liberal Party, forming a joint Opposition bench. During periods of conservative government, the leader also serves as Deputy Premier of Victoria. Name The candidates sponsored by the Victorian Farmers' Union initially used the same name but in parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Hagelthorn
Frederick William Hagelthorn (23 January 1864 – 21 July 1943) was an Australian politician. He was born near Ballarat to Swedish-born seaman Frederick Hagelthorn and Mary Robertson. He worked at the mines in Allendale, as a wharf lumper, and as a grocery assistant at Stawell and Horsham; he also returned to school, graduating from Creswick Grammar School in 1890. He established a store at Portland and then Horsham, where he then changed careers to become a stock and station agent in 1904. On 9 February 1905 he married Sarah Elizabeth Newton; they had five daughters. In 1907 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for North Western Province. He joined the ministry as Minister of Immigration in 1909, moving to Public Health and Public Works in June 1913. In December 1913 he shed the Public Health portfolio, and in 1915 he moved to Agriculture. Hagelthorn left the front bench in 1917, and in 1919 attempted to transfer to South Eastern Province without success. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Fitzgerald (politician)
Nicholas Fitzgerald (7 August 1829 – 17 August 1908) was an Australian brewer, company director and politician. He was co-founder of the Castlemaine brewery in Melbourne, chairman of directors of the Castlemaine Brewery Company (Melbourne) and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1864 until 1907. Early life and business career Fitzgerald was born in Galway, Ireland to Francis Fitzgerald and Eleanor Joyes. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Queen's College, Galway and entered the King's Inns in 1848. He worked in both Ceylon and India before following his brother, Edward Fitzgerald, to Victoria in 1859. His brother had established a brewery at Castlemaine in 1857, and Fitzgerald joined him in the business upon his arrival. The Castlemaine Brewery was successful and the brothers went on to own breweries in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. He co-founded their Melbourne brewery with partner J. B. Perrins in 1872, floated it as the Castlemaine B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne North Province
Melbourne North Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative C ... until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. Members for Melbourne North Province Election results References * http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm Former electoral provinces of Victoria (Australia) 1904 establishments in Australia 2006 disestablishments in Australia {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
The Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), commonly known as Victorian Labor, is the semi-autonomous Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Victorian branch comprises two major wings: the parliamentary wing and the organisational wing. The parliamentary wing comprising all elected party members in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, which when they meet collectively constitute the party caucus. The parliamentary leader is elected from and by the caucus, and party factions have a strong influence in the election of the leader. The leader's position is dependent on the continuing support of the caucus (and party factions) and the leader may be deposed by failing to win a vote of confidence of parliamentary members. By convention, the premier sits in the Legislative Assembly, and is the leader of the party controlling a majority in that house. The party leader also typically is a member of the Assembly, though this is not a strict party constitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Evans (Australian Politician)
William John Evans (18 April 1856 – 22 August 1914) was an Australian union leader and politician. Evans was born in Ballarat, Victoria, the son of John Evans, a railway time-keeper, and Harriet Denman, both born in England. He joined Victorian Railways initially as a carriage-cleaner, later worked as fireman and engine-driver. He was secretary to the Locomotive Engineers Association. Evans was the only person to the short-lived Public and Railway Officers Province of the Victorian Legislative Council which was created for the June 1904 election and abolished for the following election. At the June 1907 election he successfully stood for the Melbourne North Province. Evans was appointed Attorney-General, Solicitor-General and Minister of Public Health in the Labor government of George Elmslie on 9 December 1913 following a split in the Liberal Party, however the government lasted only until 22 December 1913. Evans served until he died in Surrey Hills on 22 August 1914. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Edgar (Australian Politician)
William Haslem Edgar (21 January 1858 – 6 June 1948) was an Australian politician. He was born at St Arnaud to Irish-born engineer Edward Edgar and Mary, ''née'' Haslem. He attended St Arnaud Public School and Stawell Grammar School before working in a Melbourne warehouse for five years. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Cecelia Bingley, around 1887. He worked as a draper in Dunolly and served on the borough council from 1885 to 1886 before moving to Melbourne in around 1888 to work as an estate agent. In 1902 he was elected to Malvern City Council, serving as mayor from 1906 to 1907 and leaving the council in 1909. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1904 as the non-Labor member for Melbourne West, holding the seat until his defeat in 1913. During this period he was minister without portfolio from 1909 to 1912 and Minister for Public Works and Health from 1912 to 1913. After running unsuccessfully in a Legislative Council by-election for East Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Province (Victoria)
Southern Province (also known as South Province) was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. Southern Province was created in 1856, after the colony of Victoria obtained self-government. It was one of the six original Legislative Council provinces of the newly established bicameral Victorian Parliament. Southern Province was finally abolished in 1970, after Boronia Province and Templestowe Province were created in 1967. Members for Southern Province The Victorian Legislative Council was the upper house the Victorian Parliament. The province was initially represented by five members. That was reduced to three after the redistribution of provinces in 1882, when South Eastern, South Yarra, North Yarra, North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South, Melbourne West and Wellington Provinces were created. After 1904, when more provinces were created, the representation was reduced to two. Prior to self-government, Donald Kennedy had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Embling
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mark Davies
Sir John Mark Davies (8 February 184012 September 1919) was a British-born Australian politician. Born in Halstead, Essex, England in 1840, Davies was the fifth eldest of the six boys and six girls of Ebenezer Davies and Ruth Bartlett. Two of the younger boys were educated at Geelong Grammar School. John was articled in 1852 and in 1863 was admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria as a solicitor. He worked as a partner in a law firm for some years, and was President of the Law Institute of Victoria in 1885–86; he was made the group's first honorary life member in 1919. Political career Davies served in the Victorian Legislative Council from 1889 to 1919, representing first the South Yarra Province (1889–1895) then Melbourne Province (1899–1919). and was Minister for Health for two months in 1891. He was the Solicitor-General under both Allan McLean (1899–1900) and William Irvine (1902–1903), and later Irvine's Minister for Public Instruction (1903) and Attorney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
