David Hay Dalrymple

David Hay Dalrymple
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1840 – 1912

Born14 December 1840 in Newbury, Berkshire, EnglandDied1 September 1912 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, aged 71

Opened Mackay's first chemist shop, in Gordon Street, after arriving in the town in 1863, and traded as a chemist and druggist there until 1904. He also held pastoral interests in the Dalrymple and Hamilton regions.

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? Unknown spouse m. 23 December 1880

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1840s
Born 14 December 1840

Newbury, Berkshire, England
1860s
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Occupation (Chemist and Druggist) 1865–1904

Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Opened Mackay's first chemist shop, in Gordon Street, after arriving in the town in 1863, and traded as a chemist and druggist there until 1904. He also held pastoral interests in the Dalrymple and Hamilton regions.

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Mayor of Mackay 1869–1871

Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Mackay's first mayor, and an alderman of the town; he served as mayor again later. He also sat on the Road Board and then the Pioneer Divisional Board until 1888.

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1880s
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Married spouse not recorded 23 December 1880

Queensland, Australia
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Member for Mackay, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 5 May 1888 to 27 August 1904

Queensland, Australia

Represented Mackay in the Queensland Legislative Assembly for sixteen years, entering parliament when he left local government in 1888 and losing the seat in August 1904. He was at first a supporter of northern separation but had dropped that position by 1899.

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1890s
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Secretary for Public Instruction, Queensland from 29 March 1895 to 28 March 1899

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

First term in charge of the Department of Public Instruction. He improved the system of grammar school scholarships and simplified the payment of teachers; his bill for a university in 1898 was lost when parliament was prorogued.

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Secretary for Public Works, Queensland from 6 May 1896 to 27 April 1898

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Held the public works portfolio concurrently with public instruction in the Nelson ministry.

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Secretary for Public Lands, Queensland from 28 March 1899 to 1 December 1899

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Held the public lands portfolio for eight months in 1899.

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Minister without Office, Queensland from 7 December 1899 to 1 May 1901

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Sat in cabinet without a departmental portfolio between the Dickson and Philp ministries.

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1900s
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Secretary for Agriculture, Queensland from 1 May 1901 to 17 September 1903

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

As minister for agriculture he secured the Agricultural Bank Act in 1901, which made rural finance easier to obtain.

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Secretary for Public Instruction, Queensland from 12 August 1902 to 17 September 1903

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Second term in charge of the Department of Public Instruction, held alongside the agriculture portfolio in the Philp ministry.

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Taunton, Somerset, England

Educated at the West of England Dissenters' Proprietary School at Taunton, Somerset. He then qualified as an associate of the Pharmaceutical Society and attended the Bristol Medical School.

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1910s
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Died 1 September 1912

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Buried 2 September 1912

Toowong, Queensland, Australia

Buried in the Anglican section of Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, the day after his death.

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