Edward Mulcahy (28 March 1850 – 23 October 1927) was an

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n politician. Born in

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, he migrated to Australia as a child and was educated in

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. He became an apprentice compositor and established a soft goods business in

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. In 1891 he was elected to the

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for West Hobart, serving until 1903, including a period from 1899 to 1903 when he was Minister for Lands and Works and Minister for Mines. In 1904, he was elected to the

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as a

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Senator for Tasmania. Defeated as a

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in 1910, he returned to the House of Assembly as the member for

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, serving as Minister for Lands and Works, Minister for Mines and Minister for Railways 1912–1914. In 1919, he left the Assembly and was appointed to the Senate as a

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, filling the vacancy caused by

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Senator James Long's resignation. He retired in 1919.

Personal life

Mulcahy married dressmaker Mary Ann Bromwich in 1878, but was widowed in 1890. He remarried in 1893 to his first wife's sister Sarah Jane Bromwich. He was widowed a second time in 1910, and married a third time in 1913 to Rosie Bernard Winter. He had six daughters and three sons from his three marriages, dying in Hobart on 23 October 1927 at the age of 77.

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Protectionist Party members of the Parliament of Australia Commonwealth Liberal Party members of the Parliament of Australia Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian Senate for Tasmania Members of the Australian Senate 1850 births 1927 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians Irish emigrants to colonial Australia {{Australia-National-politician-stub