Queensland Parliament Former Members Register

For “Member, Brisbane Cemetery Board” of Andrew Lang Petrie

"Member, Hamilton Divisional Board, 1884-1893; Member, Toombul Divisional Board; Member, Brisbane Cemetery Board"

Register Notes field. No dates given for this board.

For “Member, Royal Commission into Public Works” 1900 of Andrew Lang Petrie

"Member, Royal Commission into Public Works 1900"

The single row of the register's Parliamentary Service table (Description / From / To); no end date is given.

For “Occupation (Clerk, Customs Service)” of Andrew Lang Petrie

"Clerk, customs service; Partner, family business, building and contracting, 1882; Founder, Toowong tombstone firm, 1916; Director, Brisbane Milling Company, 1916"

The register's Career field, quoted in full; the customs clerkship is listed first and is undated.

For “Occupation (Building contractor and stonemason)” 1882 of Andrew Lang Petrie

"Clerk, customs service; Partner, family business, building and contracting, 1882; Founder, Toowong tombstone firm, 1916; Director, Brisbane Milling Company, 1916"

Independently dates the partnership in the family building and contracting business to 1882.

For “Founder, Toowong tombstone firm” 1916 of Andrew Lang Petrie

"Clerk, customs service; Partner, family business, building and contracting, 1882; Founder, Toowong tombstone firm, 1916; Director, Brisbane Milling Company, 1916"

Register Career field.

For “Director, Brisbane Milling Company” 1916 of Andrew Lang Petrie

"Clerk, customs service; Partner, family business, building and contracting, 1882; Founder, Toowong tombstone firm, 1916; Director, Brisbane Milling Company, 1916"

Register Career field.

For “Education (Brisbane Normal and Collegiate schools)” of Andrew Lang Petrie

"Education: Brisbane Normal and Collegiate schools"

Register Personal section; no dates given.

For “Member for Rosewood, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 16 MAR 1918 TO 11 MAY 1929 of William Cooper

Assembly ALP Rosewood 16 Mar 1918 11 May 1929

Transcribed from the Parliamentary Representation table. Wikipedia adds: "Cooper, the Labor Party candidate, won the seat of Rosewood at the 1918 state election, defeating the sitting member, Henry Stevens. Cooper held the seat until 1929, when he was defeated by Ted Maher."

For “Occupation (Farm worker)” FROM 1882 TO 1886 of William Cooper

Career Farmworker, 1882 -1886; Blacksmith; Railway worker, Rosewood-Grandchester

For “Occupation (Railway worker)” of William Cooper

Career Farmworker, 1882 -1886; Blacksmith; Railway worker, Rosewood-Grandchester

For “Occupation (Articled Clerk)” FROM 1868 of Jacob John Stumm

Article clerk to EBC Corser, Gympie, from 1868; Solicitor in Maryborough; Worked for Walkers' Foundry, and Graham and Gatacre; Reporter, Gympie Times

Career summary in the official register. Maryborough is named in the event prose because no matching place row was available to reference.

For “Occupation (Newspaper Proprietor and Editor)” FROM 1880 TO 1913 of Jacob John Stumm

Reporter, Gympie Times; Purchased Gympie Times in partnership in 1880, editor until 1913; Director, Wide Bay Co-operative Dairy Company and a number of mining interests

Register gives the 1880-1913 span. Wikipedia supplies the partner's name and the Hansard work: "He worked as a Hansard reporter and worked as a journalist for The Gympie Times before purchasing the newspaper in partnership with A. G. Ramsey in 1880."

For “Member for Gympie, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 28 MAR 1896 TO 11 MAR 1899 of Jacob John Stumm

Assembly | MIN | Gympie | 28 Mar 1896 | 11 Mar 1899

Official service dates. Wikipedia supplies the context: "Stumm ran against Fisher for his Gympie seat as in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland at the 1896 colonial election, contesting as a Ministerialist, and won. However, he retired from parliament in 1899 after only one term, citing a need to attend to his business interests and his frustration with 'the growing tendency to make the Legislative Assembly a mere House of Talk'."

For “Member for Normanby, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 5 MAR 1914 TO 22 MAY 1915 of Edward Walker Archer

Assembly LIB Normanby 5 Mar 1914 22 May 1915 By-election

Parliamentary Representation table row, transcribed in column order (House, Party, Electorate, From, To, Elected/Departure Reason). ADB adds the reason for his defeat: 'he was again defeated in May 1915 because of the rising strength of the Labor Party in central Queensland'.

For “Occupation (Officer, British India Steam Navigation Company)” FROM 1891 TO 1894 of Edward Walker Archer

Officer, British India Steam Navigation Co., London, 1891-1894; Property Manager, Gracemere, Tarsdale and Laleham

Register Career field. ADB: 'After completing his education Edward worked with the British India Steam Navigation Co. of London in 1891-94, and then migrated to Canada to learn prairie farming.'

For “Member for Stanley, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 11 MAR 1902 TO 27 AUG 1904 of William Henry Summerville

Assembly ALP Stanley 11 Mar 1902 27 Aug 1904

Transcribed from the Parliamentary Representation table. Wikipedia adds: "He won the seat of Stanley for Labour in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1902 state election, but was defeated two years later."

For “Mayor of Ipswich” 1903 of William Henry Summerville

Local Government Service: Alderman, Ipswich; Mayor, 1903

Wikipedia concurs: "Summerville was an alderman on the Ipswich City Council and Mayor of the city in 1903."

For “Alderman, Ipswich City Council” of William Henry Summerville

Local Government Service: Alderman, Ipswich; Mayor, 1903

For “Occupation (Solicitor)” of William Henry Summerville

Career Article clerk in Ipswich; Established law firm, Summerville & Delaney, Ipswich

For “Education (Ipswich Grammar School)” of William Henry Summerville

Education: Attended Ipswich Boys Grammar School

For “Member for Drayton and Toowoomba, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 22 JUN 1901 TO 18 MAY 1907 of James Tolmie

Assembly IND Drayton & Toowoomba 22 Jun 1901 11 Mar 1902 / Assembly MIN Drayton & Toowoomba 11 Mar 1902 18 May 1907

Transcribed from the register's Parliamentary Representation table; the two rows are one continuous period of service under changed party labels.

For “Member for Drayton and Toowoomba, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 2 OCT 1909 TO 27 APR 1912 of James Tolmie

Assembly MIN Drayton & Toowoomba 2 Oct 1909 27 Apr 1912

Register table row. ADB adds: 'Having failed to regain his seat as a farmers' candidate in 1908, he succeeded next year as a Kidston-Philp coalitionist.'

For “Member for Toowoomba, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 27 APR 1912 TO 16 MAR 1918 of James Tolmie

Assembly LIB Toowoomba 27 Apr 1912 16 Mar 1918

Register table row.

For “Secretary for Agriculture and Stock, Queensland” FROM 7 FEB 1911 TO 11 DEC 1912 of James Tolmie

Secretary for Agriculture and Stock 7 Feb 1911 11 Dec 1912

Register table row. ADB: 'In 1911 he was appointed secretary for agriculture and stock in the Liberal ministry of D. F. Denham'.

For “Secretary for Public Lands, Queensland” FROM 11 DEC 1912 TO 1 JUN 1915 of James Tolmie

Secretary for Public Lands 11 Dec 1912 1 Jun 1915

Register table row. ADB: 'served as secretary for public lands from 1912 to June 1915 when he became leader of the Opposition'.

For “Leader of the Opposition, Queensland” FROM 8 SEP 1915 TO 29 MAY 1918 of James Tolmie

Leader of the Opposition 8 Sep 1915 29 May 1918

Register table row. ADB: 'Shortly before the election in 1918 he resigned as leader due to illness and lost his seat.'

For “Alderman, Toowoomba City Council” FROM 1924 TO 1927 of James Tolmie

Alderman, Toowoomba City Council, 1924-1927

Register field. Wikipedia agrees: 'From 1924 to 1927 he was an alderman of the City of Toowoomba.'

For “Occupation (Newspaper proprietor)” FROM 1894 TO 1922 of James Tolmie

Grocer's assistant, 1876; Pupil teacher, South Toowoomba, 1877; Teacher, Fortitude Valley, Greenmount, Wetalla, and Gowrie Creek State schools; Proprietor, 'Darling Downs Gazette', 1894-1922; Director, Darling Downs Building Society

Register career field. ADB adds that he was 'editor and half-owner (with S. C. W. Robinson)' and that the paper 'merged in 1922 with its rival, the Toowoomba Chronicle'.

For “Education (South Toowoomba State School)” TO 1875 of James Tolmie

Education: South Toowoomba State School

Register field; ADB gives the end point: 'Educated at Toowoomba South Boys' School until aged 13'. The date TO 1875 is derived from that with his birth year 1862.

For “Australian Imperial Force” FROM FEB 1916 TO JUN 1916 of James Tolmie

Tolmie served nine years with the Queensland Volunteer Defence Force before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in February 1916 at the age of 53. Great War: Troopship Major, Australian Imperial Force, 1916. Commanded troops in transport to and from Egypt. Captain, 4th Queensland Regiment. Appointment terminated June 1916

Register field. ADB corroborates: 'Tolmie had served nine years with the Queensland Volunteer Defence Force before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in February 1916; he commanded troops in transports travelling to and from Egypt.'

For “Member for Kennedy, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 18 MAR 1865 TO 19 JUL 1867 of George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple

Assembly NONE Kennedy 18 Mar 1865 19 Jul 1867

The Parliamentary Representation table row, transcribed in column order (House, Party, Electorate, From, To). ADB adds: 'In March 1865 he was elected the first member for Kennedy in the Legislative Assembly.'

For “Colonial Secretary of Queensland” FROM 21 JUL 1866 TO 7 AUG 1866 of George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple

Colonial Secretary 21 Jul 1866 7 Aug 1866

Parliamentary Service table row (Description, From, To). ADB: 'He was colonial secretary in Herbert's ministry from July to August 1866 but held no other office'.

For “Commissioner for Crown Lands, Kennedy District” FROM 1860 TO 1863 of George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple

Officer-in-charge and Commissioner for Crown Lands at Port Denison in 1860 to 1863

Register Career field. ADB corroborates: 'In compensation Dalrymple was made commissioner for crown lands in the Kennedy district.'

For “Assistant Gold Commissioner, Gilbert Goldfields” OCT 1871 of George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple

Assistant Gold Commissioner on the Gilbert goldfields in October 1871

Register Career field. ADB: 'Insolvent, he was lucky to get a government post as assistant gold commissioner on the Gilbert diggings in October 1871.'

For “Government Resident, Somerset” 1874 of George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple

Police magistrate and resident of the government settlement at Somerset on Cape York in 1874

Register Career field. ADB: 'in 1874 was given charge of the government settlement at Somerset on Cape York. He sailed for Somerset in May but soon after he arrived was incapacitated by fever and a stroke.'

For “Title (FRGS)” NOV 1867 of George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple

Dalrymple had been elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in November 1867.

Register Notes field; the same sentence appears in the ADB entry.

For “Member for Yeronga, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 29 APR 1950 TO 28 MAR 1964 of Henry Winston Noble

Assembly LIB Yeronga 29 Apr 1950 28 Mar 1964 Died in office

Transcribed from the Parliamentary Representation table. Wikipedia adds: "After losing to future Queensland Premier, Vince Gair for the seat of South Brisbane at the 1947 Queensland state election, Noble, for the Liberal Party, won the new seat of Yeronga at the 1950 Queensland state election and held the seat until his death in 1964."

For “Minister for Health and Home Affairs” FROM 12 AUG 1957 TO 28 MAR 1964 of Henry Winston Noble

Minister for Health and Home Affairs 12 Aug 1957 28 Mar 1964 Notes: Under his direction, considerable expansion took place in medical, health and hospital services; founder, Open Heart Surgical Unit, Chermside Hospital. He was also instrumental in setting up the neuro-psychiatric unit at the Chermside Hospital and a cytology department at the Brisbane Women's Hospital for the detection and early treatment of cancer in women; He established annexes in many hospitals throughout the state to care for the aged and infirm and for handicapped children

For “President, Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)” FROM 1949 TO 1950 of Henry Winston Noble

Party Positions: Vice-President, Liberal Party, Queensland Division. 1947 - 1948 President, Liberal Party, Queensland Division. 1949 - 1950

For “Occupation (Medical practitioner)” of Henry Winston Noble

Career Medical practitioner, Brisbane; ; Honorary Assistant Surgeon, Mater Hospital, 1938 to 1950; Registrar, Mater Hospital, Brisbane, 1934 to 1936; Resident Medical Officer, Sydney Hospital

For “Education (Brisbane Grammar School)” of Henry Winston Noble

Education: Brisbane Grammar School; University of Queensland, 1933; University of Sydney, MBBS

For “Graduated (MBBS, University of Sydney)” of Henry Winston Noble

Education: Brisbane Grammar School; University of Queensland, 1933; University of Sydney, MBBS

For “Education (Rugby School)” of William Bligh Henry O'Connell

"Education: Rugby School, England"

Wikipedia adds: "was educated in England, returning to Australia at the age of eighteen".

For “Occupation (Pastoral work, Baramba Station)” 1870 of William Bligh Henry O'Connell

"Pastoral experience Baramba Station, 1870"

Wikipedia: "He worked for a time at Baramba Station, near Kilkivan". Placed at Kilkivan; no Baramba Station row exists in the tree.

For “Occupation (Clerk, Bank of New South Wales)” of William Bligh Henry O'Connell

"Clerk, Bank of NSW, Bundaberg"

Wikipedia: "worked for the Bank of New South Wales in Bundaberg".

For “Member for Musgrave, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 9 MAY 1888 TO 4 MAR 1903 of William Bligh Henry O'Connell

"Assembly MIN Musgrave 9 May 1888 4 Mar 1903 Died in office"

Wikipedia adds the elections: "He was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1888 election as a supporter of Thomas McIlwraith, and was re-elected in 1893, 1896, 1899 and 1902."

For “Chairman, Royal Commission into the Mining Industry” 1894 of William Bligh Henry O'Connell

"Chairman, Royal Commission into the Mining Industry, 1894; Responsible for the 1902 Land Act"

Notes field of the official register entry.

For “Secretary for Public Lands, Queensland” FROM 7 DEC 1899 TO 4 MAR 1903 of William Bligh Henry O'Connell

"Secretary for Public Lands 7 Dec 1899 4 Mar 1903" ... "Responsible for the 1902 Land Act"

Wikipedia: "He became Secretary of Lands under Robert Philp in 1899, in which he was responsible for the passage of the Land Act 1902, passed not long before his death."

For “Member for Mitchell, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 20 MAY 1893 TO 4 APR 1896 of John Cameron

Assembly OPP Mitchell 20 May 1893 4 Apr 1896

Transcribed from the Parliamentary Representation table. ADB adds: "Elected to the Legislative Assembly for Mitchell in 1893 as a central separationist, free trader and stern retrencher" and "His defeat by Labor candidates in 1896 (Mitchell) and 1899 (Barcoo) signified that the squatters' position was now electorally hopeless in western Queensland."

For “Member for Brisbane North, Queensland Legislative Assembly” FROM 6 AUG 1901 TO 5 FEB 1908 of John Cameron

Assembly MIN Brisbane North 6 Aug 1901 5 Feb 1908 By-election

Transcribed from the Parliamentary Representation table. ADB adds: "Cameron re-entered parliament for Brisbane North in 1901 and, with his co-member E. B. Forrest, was never seriously challenged. Ill health compelled his retirement in February 1908."