# Donald Gunn

Donald Gunn (19 FEB 1856 – 24 JUL 1943); child of Donald Gunn and Anna Sophia Hughes; born in Burnima, New South Wales, Australia; married Mary Ann Rattray Deuchar; parent of 5 children; died in Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 19 FEB 1856 – 24 JUL 1943

## Parents
- [Donald Gunn](/p/donald-gunn-20290.md) (father)
- [Anna Sophia Hughes](/p/anna-sophia-hughes-20291.md) (mother)

## Spouses
- [Mary Ann Rattray Deuchar](/p/mary-ann-rattray-deuchar-26379.md) — m. 29 DEC 1880

## Children
- [Sophia Gunn](/p/sophia-gunn-26380.md)
- [John Donald Gunn](/p/john-donald-gunn-26381.md)
- [Walter Gunn](/p/walter-gunn-26382.md)
- [Mary Gunn](/p/mary-gunn-26383.md)
- [Donald Deuchar Gunn](/p/donald-deuchar-gunn-26384.md)

## Timeline
- 19 FEB 1856 — **Born** at Burnima, New South Wales, Australia
- FROM 1873 TO 1886 — **Occupation (Grazier)** at Pikedale, Queensland, Australia — Overseer and then manager of Pikedale station on the Darling Downs from 1873 to 1886, and later manager of Glenlyon station. He was a member of the United Graziers' Association and president of the Goondiwindi Show Society.
- 1906 — **Member and Chairman, Waggamba Shire Council** at Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia — Sat on the Waggamba Shire Council, based at Goondiwindi, and served as its chairman in the year before entering state parliament.
- FROM 18 MAY 1907 TO 9 OCT 1920 — **Member for Carnarvon, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at Queensland, Australia — Won the Darling Downs seat of Carnarvon as an Independent at the election of 18 May 1907 and held it for thirteen years, sitting as a Ministerialist from 2 October 1909, as a Liberal from 22 May 1915 and with the National Party from 16 March 1918. He retired from politics in 1920. In parliament he championed the small grazier and selector and advocated railway extension and prickly pear eradication.
- 17 SEP 1924 — **Arrival** at San Francisco, California, United States
- 1943 — **Cremated** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Cremated at the Mount Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane.
- 24 JUL 1943 — **Died** at Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia
- **Residence** at Queensland, Australia
- **Departure** at Yokohama, Japan
- **Education (Warwick State School and Brisbane Grammar School)** at Queensland, Australia — Educated at Warwick State School, Brisbane Grammar School and the National School at Warwick.

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