Charles Lumley Hill (1840 – 28 October 1909) was a pastoralist, businessman and politician in

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, Australia. He was a

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Early life

Hill was born in 1840 at

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, England, the son of Colonel Charles John Hill and his wife Lady Frances Charlotte Arabella (née Lumley).

Politics

Hill was elected to the

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in the

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on 14 November 1878 at the 1878 colonial election. He resigned from the seat on 20 February 1882, having delayed until a suitable successor ( Thomas McWhannell) was found. Thomas McWhannell won the resulting by-election on 21 March 1882. In the 1883 election, Lumley Hill contested

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(then a 2-member electorate) but was unsuccessful, being defeated by Frederick Cooper and John Hamilton. However, allegations of "ballot stuffing" surfaced, alleging there were too many votes cast at the California Creek polling station given the number of electors and the unsuccessful candidates, Hill and

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petitioned to overturn the ballot. In December 1883, arrests were made in connection with the ballot stuffing. On 4 March 1884, the Elections and Qualifications Committee determined that Frederick Cooper should not be elected and that Thomas Campbell should be elected instead. On 4 August 1885, Thomas Campbell resigned after having been declared insolvent. Hill won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1885. Hill held Cook until 26 May 1888 when he did not contest Cook in the 1888 election as he had announced his retirement from politics. However, he then decided to contest the election in

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, but was unsuccessful. Hill contested

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in the 1902 election but was not successful.

Later life

On 24 July 1901, Hill married Edith Maud Taylor (née Harris), the widow of George Condamine Taylor at All Saints Anglican Church in

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. His wife was very well-connected politically, being the daughter of George Harris (a

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), the niece of

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) and the sister-in-law of Richard Gardiner Casey (a

). She inherited the

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near Esk from her first husband. Hill died on 28 October 1909 at the Bellevue Homestead after a short illness. His body was brought by train to

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from where his funeral left for the

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on 29 October 1909.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Charles Lumley Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1840 births 1909 deaths Australian pastoralists People from Tickhill English emigrants to colonial Australia Burials at Toowong Cemetery 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian businesspeople