John Norman (Australian politician)

John Norman
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Maryborough
In office
11 Mar 1902 – 18 May 1907
Preceded byJohn Bartholomew
Succeeded byJohn Adamson
Personal details
Born
John Norman

1855
Ayrshire, Scotland
Died11 July 1912 (aged 56)
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeMaryborough Cemetery
Political partyKidstonites
Other political
affiliations
Labour Party
SpouseMaggie Laurie
OccupationTailor

John Norman (1855 - 11 July 1912) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Norman was born at Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of John Norman and his wife Margaret (née Wallace). He did his apprenticeship as a tailor in Scotland and when he arrived in Australia in 1883 he opened a tailor's shop in Maryborough.[1]

He was married to Maggie Laurie[2] and together had five sons and four daughters. Norman died in July 1912[1] and his funeral proceeded from his former residence in Thomas Street, Tinana to the Maryborough Cemetery.[3]

Public career

Norman, a member of the Labour Party, was an alderman on the Maryborough City Council for ten years from 1891 and in 1901 was the mayor of Maryborough.[4] He then stood for the two-member seat of Maryborough in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1893 Queensland colonial election but was beaten by the Ministerialist John Annear and Oppositionist Charles Powers.[5]

He next stood at the 1896 Queensland colonial election and again was beaten, this time by the Ministerialist pairing of John Annear and John Bartholomew. He did not stand in 1899 but three years later, at the 1902 Queensland state election, he and fellow Labour member Charles Barton won both positions as the members for Maryborough.[6] He represented the electorate until 1907 when he stood as a Kidstonite at that year's state election but was beaten into fourth place.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ^ Family history researchQueensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 2, 230. Queensland, Australia. 12 July 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "OBITUARIES". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 2, 230. Queensland, Australia. 12 July 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "THIS GENERAL ELECTIONS". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 6, 413. Queensland, Australia. 1 May 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "THE MARYBOROUGH ELECTION". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 9, 149. Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "THE MARYBOROUGH ELECTION". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 10, 719. Queensland, Australia. 20 May 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Maryborough
1902–1907
Served alongside: Charles Barton, Henry Garde, William Mitchell
Succeeded by