Henry Albert Cattermull (March 1871 – 30 August 1935) was a member of the

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Early life

Cattermull was born at

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, the son of Henry Cattermull and his wife Catherine (née Wills). He was a sugar grower and later on, a partner in the Sunnyside Mill at

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. On the 13 December 1890 he married Agatha Turner (died 1956) an together they had one son and six daughters. Cattermull died at Bundaberg in August 1931 and was buried in the Bundaberg General Cemetery.SEARCH THE BUNDABERG CEMETERY
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Public life

Cattermull, representing the Country Party, won the seat of Musgrave in the Queensland Assembly at the

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. He only held the seat for one term as Musgrave was abolished for the

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; he was defeated at that election contesting

. In addition to his time in state parliament he was also a member of the Woongarra Shire Council in 1896-1921 including eighteen of those years as chairman and Cattermull was also an alderman in the Bundaberg City Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cattermull, Henry Albert Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1871 births 1935 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland