Charles William Conroy (28 April 1868 – 28 July 1944) was a member of the

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Biography

Conroy was born in

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, the son of Michael Conroy and his wife Anne (née Murray) and was educated in Toowoomba. He moved to

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in his twenties and worked as a clerk for the solicitor, R.H. Dyball. He then went into business as a

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and

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. On 15 August 1898 he married Bertha Walduck (died 1964)Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 10 April 2016. who shared in much of her husband's public duties. He died at Roma Hospital in July 1944 and his funeral proceeded from the Roma Church of England church to the Roma Monumental Cemetery.

Public career

Conroy, for the Labor Party, won the seat of Maranoa in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the

1920 Queensland state election Elections were held in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland on 9 October 1920 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. The Australian Labor Party (Queensl ...

and went on to represent the seat until his retirement from politics at the 1944 state election. He was also an alderman in the Roma Shire Council, being the town's mayor in 1909-1910 and again in 1920.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conroy, Charles William Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1868 births 1944 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Colony of Queensland people