Ernest George Henty (17 September 1862 – 25 June 1895) was a Member of the

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from 1894 to 1895. Born in

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on 17 September 1862, Ernest Henty was the son of

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Richmond Henty, who was either the

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or the second white child to be born in the colony of Victoria. The famous Henty brothers,

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and

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, were his great-uncles. As a youth Ernest Henty worked as a clerk for James Henty & Co., spending some years with the firm in

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. In 1883 he moved to

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, working as a journalist for the ''

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'' and then the Melbourne ''

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''. From 1885 to 1890 he was editor of the ''Upper Murray and Mitta Herald'', a Tallangatta newspaper. On 12 June 1890 he married Katherine Mary Harvie Alberta Cobham; they had two sons and a daughter. At the time of his marriage his occupation was given as grazier. Shortly afterwards, Henty emigrated to

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with his brother-in-law, and the men established themselves as

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s under the name Henty, Cobham & Co. Henty became a wine, spirit and tea agent. In 1891, Henty played several matches for the Rovers Football Club in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA). By 1895, the company had branches in Geraldton,

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and Coolgardie. On 16 July 1894, Henry was elected to a Central Province seat in the

. He held the seat until his death at Coolgardie on 25 June 1895.

References

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