# David Hay Dalrymple

David Hay Dalrymple (14 DEC 1840 – 1 SEP 1912); born in Newbury, Berkshire, England; died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 14 DEC 1840 – 1 SEP 1912

## Spouses
- _unknown partner_ — m. 23 DEC 1880

## Timeline
- 14 DEC 1840 — **Born** at Newbury, Berkshire, England
- FROM 1865 TO 1904 — **Occupation (Chemist and Druggist)** at 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.
- FROM 1869 TO 1871 — **Mayor of Mackay** at 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.
- FROM 5 MAY 1888 TO 27 AUG 1904 — **Member for Mackay, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at 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.
- FROM 29 MAR 1895 TO 28 MAR 1899 — **Secretary for Public Instruction, Queensland** at 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.
- FROM 6 MAY 1896 TO 27 APR 1898 — **Secretary for Public Works, Queensland** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Held the public works portfolio concurrently with public instruction in the Nelson ministry.
- FROM 28 MAR 1899 TO 1 DEC 1899 — **Secretary for Public Lands, Queensland** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Held the public lands portfolio for eight months in 1899.
- FROM 7 DEC 1899 TO 1 MAY 1901 — **Minister without Office, Queensland** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Sat in cabinet without a departmental portfolio between the Dickson and Philp ministries.
- FROM 1 MAY 1901 TO 17 SEP 1903 — **Secretary for Agriculture, Queensland** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — As minister for agriculture he secured the Agricultural Bank Act in 1901, which made rural finance easier to obtain.
- FROM 12 AUG 1902 TO 17 SEP 1903 — **Secretary for Public Instruction, Queensland** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Second term in charge of the Department of Public Instruction, held alongside the agriculture portfolio in the Philp ministry.
- 1 SEP 1912 — **Died** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 2 SEP 1912 — **Buried** at Toowong, Queensland, Australia — Buried in the Anglican section of Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, the day after his death.
- **Education** at 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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