Percy Ernest Stirton (17 August 1867 – 27 January 1937) was an Australian politician.
Biography
He was born in
Paterson to Presbyterian minister Thomas Stirton and Jean Ray Bell Nivison. He was educated at
Sydney Grammar School
(Praise be to God)
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and in 1884 was articled as a clerk to an
Inverell
Inverell is a large town in northern New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Macintyre River, close to the Queensland border. It is also the centre of Inverell Shire. Inverell is located on the Gwydir Highway on the western slopes of the No ...
solicitor. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1890, practising in a partnership at
Moree. He was also a
Moree alderman, serving as
mayor
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in 1886. In 1903 he was elected in a by-election to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
as the
Liberal
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Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
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member for
Moree, but he was defeated running for
Gwydir the following year. He later became a grazier, and was involved in the formation of the
Country Party. Stirton died at
Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the City of Sydney. I ...
in 1937.
References
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1867 births
1937 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly