Ernest Albert Atherton

Ernest Albert Atherton
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1879–1954 · 75 years old

Born 22 March 1879 in Mareeba, Queensland, AustraliaDied 29 June 1954 in Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

Recorded as a tobacco farmer in 1931, while sitting in parliament for Chillagoe.

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JA John Atherton 1837–1913 father CG Catherine Grainger 1836–1902 mother

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1870s
Born 22 March 1879

Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

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1880s
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Death of sister Mabel Alice Atherton 1880

Mareeba, Queensland, Australiaaged 3
1890s
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Marriage of brother William Atherton 1 October 1890

Queensland, Australia
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Education December 1896

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Education continued till age 17.
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Occupation 1897

Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

Worked at home as a Pastoralist.
1900s
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Death of mother Catherine Grainger 4 May 1902

Mareeba, Queensland, Australiaaged 66
1910s
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Death of father John Atherton 16 May 1913

Mareeba, Queensland, Australiaaged 75
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Occupation (Sugar cane and dairy farmer) from 1916

Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

Farmed sugar cane and dairy cattle from 1916, having earlier worked as a butcher and a storekeeper.

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Death of brother Edmund Henry Atherton 22 August 1919

Forsayth, Queensland, Australiaaged 56
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Marriage of sister Ada Mary Atherton 23 September 1919

Queensland, Australia
1920s
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Occupation 11 May 1929

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Was elected to the State MLA Parliament as the Member for Chilligoe on 11 May 1929 and served as Minister for Mines from 21 May 1929 to 17 June 1932. He was defeated at the next Election on 10 June 1932.
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Member for Chillagoe, Queensland Legislative Assembly 11 May 1929 – 10 June 1932

Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia

Won the far northern seat of Chillagoe for the Country and Progressive National Party at the state election of 11 May 1929, defeating the sitting Labor member John O'Keefe. Chillagoe was abolished before the 1932 election; he stood for the new seat of The Tableland and was defeated by the Labor candidate Harry Bruce.

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Secretary for Mines, Queensland 21 May 1929 – 17 June 1932

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Held the mines portfolio in the Moore ministry, taking office ten days after first entering parliament.

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1930s
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Occupation (Tobacco farmer) 1931

Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

Recorded as a tobacco farmer in 1931, while sitting in parliament for Chillagoe.

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Death of sister Lucy Julia Atherton 23 June 1932

New Farm, Queensland, Australiaaged 65
1940s
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Death of brother William Atherton 23 February 1940

Chillagoe, Queensland, Australiaaged 75
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Death of sister Ada Mary Atherton 27 October 1946

Mareeba, Queensland, Australiaaged 75
1950s
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Death of sister Kate Maud Atherton 1951

Queensland, Australiaaged 78
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First Chairman, Barron Shire Council

Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

Was the first chairman of the Barron Shire Council, later the Mareeba Shire Council, before entering state parliament in 1929. No dates of office are recorded in the sources consulted.

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Chairman, Cairns Harbour Board

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Chaired the Cairns Harbour Board in the early 1920s. He was also a member of the Cairns Agricultural and Pastoral Association and of the Northern Patriotic Council from 1916 to 1919.

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1950s
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Died 29 June 1954

Mareeba, Queensland, Australia
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Buried June 1954

Buried in the Atherton family cemetery at Emerald End, the family's cattle station near Mareeba. No place row exists for Emerald End, so this event carries no place.

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