John MacFarlane (2 June 1829 – 7 March 1894) was a

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and member of the

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Biography

MacFarlane was born at

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, to father John Macfarlane his wife Agnes (née Housten). After receiving his education at parish schools in Glasgow he arrived in

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aboard the ''Helenslee'' in 1862 and became a store keeper with Cribb & Foote in

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. He was then a draper at Greenham & Bennett before becoming a director with Woollen Co. from 1875 until 1894. He married Margaret McKenzie (died 1900) and had four sons and two daughters. MacFarlane died March 1894 and his funeral proceeded from his Denmark Hill residence to the

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Public career

MacFarlane was an alderman in Ipswich including the town's Mayor in 1876. From 1878 until his death in 1894 he was the member for

in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Ipswich Hospital Board. Having abstained from alcohol all his life, he founded the

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in Ipswich and was a member of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacFarlane, John Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1829 births 1894 deaths Burials at Ipswich General Cemetery 19th-century Australian politicians