William Grene Power (24 September 1835 – 14 August 1903) was a member of the

Queensland Legislative Council The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which to ...

Biography

Power was born in 1835 at

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, Ireland to Edward Power and his wife Mary Ann (née Grene) and was educated at Carlow College, Ireland. After arriving in Australia he was mayor of

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in 1866 and became a managing partner in

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and the

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. He was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in September 1883, and served for twenty years until his death in August 1903. Power was married to Mary Teresa and together they had seven children. He died in 1903 and was buried in

Toowong Cemetery Toowong Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on the corner of Frederick Street and Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1866 and formally opened in 1875. It is Queensland's largest cemet ...

.Power William Grene
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Power, William Members of the Queensland Legislative Council 1835 births 1903 deaths People from Clonmel Alumni of Carlow College British emigrants to the Colony of Queensland Burials at Toowong Cemetery 19th-century Australian politicians