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William Senior (dentist)
William Senior may refer to: *William Senior (journalist) (1837–1920), Anglo-Australian journalist *William Senior (politician) William Senior (9 February 1850 – 22 November 1926) was an English-born Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1904 to 1912. He was then a member of the Australian S ... (1850–1926), Australian politician * William Senior (historian) (1862–1937), English legal historian {{hndis, Senior, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Senior (journalist)
William Senior (29 March 1838 – 7 October 1920) was an Anglo-Australian journalist, angler, "Chief Hansard Short Hand Writer", co-founder of Brisbane's famed Johnsonian Club, editor and writer of short stories, known also by his pen name "Red Spinner". Biography Senior was born in Sherborne, Dorset, England in 1838, son of Joseph Senior and wife Martha. Senior became the first officially appointed Principal Short Hand writer for the Parliament of Queensland's ''Hansard'' (record of proceedings). He had by then served ten years as a special correspondent and parliamentary reporter for the London ''Daily News'' and London special reporter for the ''Manchester Examiner'' when he was employed (on the instigation of Queensland's Colonial Secretary and Premier, Arthur Macalister and the Speaker, William Henry Walsh), as Queensland Parliament's first Short Hand Writer on 13 January 1876. He was an able writer who produced in his spare time a number of short stories for the ''Queensla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Senior (politician)
William Senior (9 February 1850 – 22 November 1926) was an English-born Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1904 to 1912. He was then a member of the Australian Senate from 1913 to 1922; he was first elected as a Labor Senator but left the party in the 1916 Labor split over conscription and thereafter represented the Nationalist Party. Senior was born in Holmfirth in Yorkshire, England. His family migrated to South Australia when he was five years old, settling in Willunga before relocating to Mount Gambier in 1858. He was a storekeeper's assistant before entering the Primitive Methodist ministry and serving as minister from 1873 until 1883, with circuits at Moonta Mines, Two Wells, Woodside, Kapunda and Naracoorte. In 1883 he left the ministry and worked as a storekeeper at Mount Gambier, although he remained a lay Methodist preacher for the rest of his life. He was described as a Past Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
