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Patrick McMahon Glynn
Patrick McMahon Glynn KC (25 August 1855 – 28 October 1931) was an Irish-Australian lawyer and politician. He served in the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1919, and was a government minister under three prime ministers, as Attorney-General (1909–1910), Minister for External Affairs (1913–1914) and Minister for Home and Territories (1917–1920). Prior to entering federal politics, Glynn was involved in the drafting of the Constitution of Australia. Born in Ireland, he arrived in Australia in 1880 and served three terms in the South Australian House of Assembly, as well as a brief stint as Attorney-General of South Australia. Early life Glynn was born on 25 August 1855 in Gort, County Galway, Ireland. He was the third of eleven children born to Ellen () and John McMahon Glynn; his father ran a large general store. His younger brother was Joseph Glynn.Glynn received his initial schooling in Gort from the Sisters of Mercy. In 1869, he began boarding at Blackrock Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general and consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners. Africa The Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the prefix 'Honourable' or 'Hon.' is used for members of both chambers of the Parliament of the Democratic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langdon Bonython
Langdon may refer to: Places Australia * Langdon, Queensland, a neighbourhood in the Mackay Region Canada * Langdon, Alberta, a hamlet United Kingdom * Langdon, Cornwall, a hamlet * Langdon, Kent, a civil parish * Langdon, Pembrokeshire United States * Langdon, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Langdon, Kansas, a city * Langdon, a village which later became part of Cottage Grove, Minnesota * Langdon, New Hampshire, a town * Langdon, North Dakota, a city * Langdon, Washington, D.C., a neighborhood * Langdon, Minnesota, a former settlement * Lake Langdon, Minnesota * Langdon Lake, Oregon As a name * Langdon (surname), various people * Langdon (given name), various people Other uses * Langdon Abbey, West Langdon, Kent, England * Langdon Academy, a co-educational all-through school in the London Borough of Newham, England * Langdon Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States See also * East Langdon, Kent * West Langdon, Kent * Langdon Bay (Kent) * Langd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wharton White
James Wharton White (17 February 1857 – 30 January 1930), often referred to as "Wharton White", was an auctioneer, pastoralist and politician in colonial South Australia. He spent the latter half of his life in Western Australia. He was born the eldest son of Abraham White (c. 1828 – 15 May 1885), farmer and railway contractor of "Illawarra", Bagot's Well, and his wife Mary, née Wharton, ( – c. 1931). His uncle James "Nobby" White (c. 1820–1890) was a pastoralist and noted politician. He was educated at James Hosking's Gouger Street Academy, and was four years with John McLaren in the auctioneering firm McLaren, White & Co. He ran a sheep station some north of Pinnaroo. In 1881 he was involved in a complex legal argument, which went as far as the Court of Appeal in England, with John "Jack" Neaylon over ownership of the lease later known as Appatoongannie. White and his partner Thomas Neaylon (John's brother) lost. He represented the Assembly seat of Light from Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Moody (politician)
David Moody (18 November 1834 – 4 May 1915) served three terms as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Electoral district of Light. Moody was initially elected on 12 June 1878 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Frank Skeffington Carroll on 31 May 1878. While Moody was not successful in the 1881 elections, he was re-elected along with Jenkin Coles on 23 April 1884. Moody was not re-elected in 1887. Then, in 1896, Moody stood again and was re-elected along the Hon. Sir Jenkin Coles on 25 April 1896. In 1903, the Hundred of Moody, a Cadastral divisions of South Australia, cadastral division located in the southern part of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, was named in Moody's honour. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Moody, David Members of the South Australian House of Assembly 1834 births 1915 deaths Politicians from County Londonderry Irish emigrants to colonial Australia People from Magilligan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkin Coles
Sir Jenkin Coles (19 January 1843 – 6 December 1911) was a South Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1875 to 1878 and 1881 to 1911, representing the electorates of Light (1875–78, 1881–1902) and Wooroora (1902–1911). He was Leader of the Opposition from 1886 to 1887 and later served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1890 to 1911. Early life Coles was the son of Jenkin and Caroline Coles, came of an old north of Ireland family, and was born at Liverpool, New South Wales. When he was seven years old his family returned to Europe, and he was educated at Christ's Hospital School, Horsham. Career Coles' parents came to Australia again in 1858 and settled at Adelaide, South Australia. Coles obtained a position as a junior clerk with the Murray River Navigation office, but gave this up to become assistant dispenser and receiver of stores at the Adelaide hospital for three years. He then joined the mounted police and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Light
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Charles Hawker
Sir George Charles Hawker (21 September 1818 – 21 May 1895) was a South Australian settler and politician. Early life Hawker was born in London, the second son of Admiral Edward Hawker and his first wife, Joanna Naomi, ''née'' Poore. He was educated partly on the continent, and he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1836 (B.A.1841, M.A. 1854). Career in Australia Together with his brother Charles, Hawker went to South Australia in 1840 travelling aboard the ''Lysander''. He had some capital to start with, and after trying two sites which were found to have insufficient water, established a sheep station some distance to the north of Adelaide (north of the Clare Valley), afterwards known as ''Bungaree''. He had two brothers with him at first and all three soon adapted themselves to pioneer conditions; some of the early station buildings in fact were put up with their own hands. In 1841 they were members of a party of 10 that went out to reclaim a large number of sheep tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Denison
Sir Hugh Robert Denison, originally Hugh Robert Dixson (11 November 1865 – 25 November 1940) was a businessman, parliamentarian and philanthropist in South Australia and later New South Wales. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1901 to 1905, representing North Adelaide (1901-1902) and Adelaide (1902-1905). Outside of politics, he was involved in his family's tobacco business, a forerunner of the British-Australasian Tobacco Company, was involved with a number of newspapers, and founded the Macquarie Broadcasting Services Pty Ltd radio network. He changed his surname by deed poll in 1907 to avoid confusion with his uncle Sir Hugh Dixson. History Denison was born the eldest son of Robert Dixson (16 May 1842 – 27 November 1891) and Ruth Dixson (née Whingates) in Forbes, New South Wales. His parents' marriage ended in acrimony, and Robert's will, which left the bulk of his considerable fortune to Melbourne University, was contested by his widow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Harrold
Arthur Lucas Harrold (18 December 1854 – c. 25 July 1908) was a businessman and politician in South Australia. He was later jailed for serious financial offences. Arthur was born in Fullarton, South Australia, the eldest son of Joseph Harrold (c. 1821 – c. 5 April 1891) and around 1857 the family returned to England. He was educated at the Aspley Guise School and King's College London, where he graduated AKC. In 1875, he and his brother Ernest returned to Adelaide to take over the firm of Harrold Brothers, which had been founded by their father and his brother Daniel around 1854. Their father founded and managed the London office, then around 1884 retired to his home Wanstead Hall, in Wanstead, Essex. The firm began as a hardware store on Hindley Street, then grew to become one of the largest shipping agents in the colony, from 1869 owning the Adelaide Line of clippers, which included the City of Adelaide. Arthur was on the boards of the Bank of Adelaide, Bagot Shakes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wood (Australian Politician)
Richard Wood (13 March 1839 – 1 January 1923) was an Australian politician. He was the member for North Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1893 to 1902. He was a Labor member from 1893 until he was expelled in 1897. He was re-elected in his own right in 1899, but was defeated in 1902. Wood was born in Paddington in London, England and became a blacksmith, working in the Great Western Railway locomotive works, at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield and at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. He migrated to Australia in 1866 and worked in a number of ironworks, blacksmiths and foundries in Port Adelaide and Adelaide, interspersed with a decade-long stint at the South Australian Gas Company's Brompton Gasworks, and then at the Islington Railway Workshops from around 1883 until his election to parliament. He was vice-president of the South Australian Railway Association from 1890 to 1892 and president of the United Trades and Labour Council in 1892. He was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of North Adelaide
North Adelaide was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1875 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938. North Adelaide was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, John Bentham Neales being the elected member. The North Adelaide area is currently fairly safe to safe Liberal and is represented in the seat of Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem .... Members References {{DEFAULTSORT:North Adelaide Former electoral districts of South Australia 1875 establishments in Australia 1902 disestablishments in Australia 1915 establishments in Australia 1938 disestablishments in Australia North Adelaide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Parliament
The Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the 47-seat House of Assembly (lower house) and the 22-seat Legislative Council (upper house). General elections are held every 4 years, with all of the lower house and half of the upper house filled at each election. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government with the executive branch required to both sit in parliament and hold the confidence of the House of Assembly. The parliament is based at Parliament House on North Terrace in the state capital of Adelaide. The King is represented in the State by the Governor of South Australia. According to the South Australian Constitution, unlike the federal parliament, and the parliaments of the other states of Australia, neither the Sovereign or the Governor is considered to be a part of the South Australian parliament. However, the same role and powers are granted to them. The parliament may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
