Donald Campbell Urquhart (1848 – 6 August 1911) was an Australian politician.

Early life

He was born in

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Political career

In 1893, Urquhart was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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. His election was declared void in December 1893, but in 1894 he won election to the seat of Montagu. Following a redistribution in 1900 he became the member for

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, holding it until he was defeated in 1903. He served a final term as the member for Devonport from 1906 until 1909, when he contested Darwin unsuccessfully after the introduction of

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. Urquhart was a minister from 1897 to 1899 and served as

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from 1906 to 1909.

References

1848 births 1911 deaths Free Trade Party politicians Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly English emigrants to Australia People from London {{Australia-FreeTrade-politician-stub