William Forster McCord (5 October 1837 – 14 April 1898) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

McCord was born at

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, Ireland, the son of Charles McCord and his wife Martha (née Foster). He was educated in Longford and travelled to the United States with his father before arriving in

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in 1857. After his arrival he established Coonambula Station at Eidsvold in what had now become

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in 1863 and also acquired the Cania

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. On 17 January 1871 he married Emilie Beatrice Wall and together had three sons and three daughters. McCord died in April 1898 at the Coonambula Station and was buried in the Gayndah Cemetery.WF McCord
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Public career

McCord was the Chairman of the Eidsvold Divisional Board from 1880 until 1898. At the

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, he won the seat of Burnett in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He held the seat until his death two years later.

Notes

References

The late Mr. M'Cord, M.L.A., ''The Brisbane Courier'', (Wednesday, 27 April 1898), p.7.

Anon (1895), "The Ceratodus: A German Scientist's Work, ''The Queenslander'', (Saturday, 30 March 1895), p.597.
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