William Walter Hood (25 March 1844 – 18 August 1920) was a member of the

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Biography

Hood was born in Berwick,

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, the son of Robert Hood and his wife Margaret (née Weatherly). Upon his arrival in Australia he was educated at the

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and after receiving commercial experience in

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he set out to Queensland in 1863. Here he first worked at several

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before becoming the general manager of the Queensland Pastoral Company in 1880 and a company director of the Queensland Cattle Company, the Queensland Investment Company, and the West Qld Pastoralists' Company. On 11 February 1868 Hood married Mary Jane Sceales (died 1902)Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 18 June 2016. and together had six sons and nine daughters. He died in August 1920 and was buried in the

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Public career

Hood's first experience as a politician was with the Ararat Shire Council in

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. Following the death of the sitting member, James Crombie in 1898, Hood won the subsequent

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for the seat of Warrego in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The election of Hood at the 1899 Queensland colonial election was declared void in November of that year and another by-election was held the following month which was won by Labour's David Bowman.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hood, William Walter Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1844 births 1920 deaths Burials at Toowong Cemetery