Charles Edward Jeanneret (9 February 1834 – 23 August 1898) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was born in

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to dentist Henry Jeanneret and Harriet Merrett. As a boy he was sent to

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to learn navigation and seamanship, and after a trip to Europe and three years at the goldfields, he settled in

around 1857. On 12 June 1857 he married Julia Bellingham, with whom he would have ten children. He worked for the

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and lived at

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, becoming a well-known local businessman, especially in the steam boat and ferry companies. He formed the Parramatta River Steam Company in 1865 which would become the major ferry operator on the river. In 1843, he created a tramway that linked the second Parramatta wharf (Redbank Wharf, near Duck River) with the centre of Parramatta. He was a Hunters Hill alderman and mayor from 1870 to 1871, and served on

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from 1886 to 1898. He was a candidate for the

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for the district of Central Cumberland at the 1874–75 election, but was defeated. He was elected as the

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member for

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at the 1887 election. He unsuccessfully contested Macleay at the 1889 election, he was re-elected to Carcoar in 1891. Carcoar was abolished in 1894 and the district divided between West Macquarie and the new district of Cowra and Jeanneret unsuccessfully contested West Macquarie at the 1894 election. He was bankrupted in 1897. Jeanneret died at his son's home at

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near Wyrallah, on . "Jeanneret, Charles Edward (1834–1898)", by Martha Rutledge, in The Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jeanneret-charles-edward-3852 The NSW Parliament website incorrectly records his death location as simply "Richmond".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeanneret, Charles 1834 births 1898 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Free Trade Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians Municipality of Hunter's Hill Sydney City Councillors