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Alexander McDonald (1845–1920)
Alexander McDonald (1845 - 26 May 1920) was an Australian politician. He was a liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1902 to 1904, representing the electorate of Footscray. McDonald was born in Inverness, Scotland and migrated to Victoria with his family in 1854, settling in Footscray, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was a contractor by trade, working as a carpenter on the Williamstown railway line and Bendigo railway line then as a builder at Footscray. He was a City of Footscray councillor from 1893 until his death and was mayor in 1901-02 and 1911-12. McDonald was elected to the Legislative Assembly at a June 1902 by-election, defeating John Lemmon by 38 votes. The Footscray seat was abolished for the 1904 election, and McDonald instead unsuccessfully contested Flemington. McDonald died at his home in Albert Street, Footscray, in 1920 and was buried at the Footscray Cemetery. Upon his death, ''The Independent ''The Independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the states and territories of Australia, state lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the state upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House, Melbourne, Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne, Spring Street, Melbourne. The main colour used for the upholstery and carpets furnishing the Chamber of the Legislative Assembly is green. The presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly is the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Speaker. There are presently 88 member of parliament, members of the Legislative Assembly elected from single-member divisions. History Victoria (Australia), Victoria was proclaimed a Colony on 1 July 1851 separating from the Colony of New South Wales by an act of the British Parliament. The Legislative Assembly was created on 13 March 1856 with the passing of the ''Victorian Electoral Bill'', five years after the creation of the original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Horsham Times
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own market town. * January 7 – Russian Civil War: The forces of White movement, Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk; the Great Siberian Ice March ensues. * January 10 ** The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. ** The League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16, the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris. * January 11 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is recognised de facto by European powers in Palace of Versailles, Versailles. * January 13 – ''The New York Times'' Robert H. Goddard#Publicity and criticism, ridicules American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard, which it will rescind following the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1845 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Philippines began reckoning Asian dates by hopping the International Date Line through skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. That time zone shift was a reform made by Governor–General Narciso Claveria on August 16, 1844, in order to align the local calendars in the country with the rest of Asia as trade interests with Imperial China, Dutch East Indies and neighboring countries increased, after Mexico became independent in 1821. The reform also applied to Caroline Islands, Guam, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, and Palau as part of the Captaincy General of the Philippines. * January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''. * January 23 – The United States Congress establishes a uniform date for federal elections, which will henceforth be held on the first Tuesday after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Fotheringham
Jacob Fotheringham (19 October 1865 – 20 June 1924) was an Australian politician. He was a liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1901 to 1902, representing the electorate of Footscray. Fotheringham was born in Sebastopol, near Ballarat, and moved to Footscray with his family at the age of seven. He was educated at Hyde Street State School and Carlton College before leaving school at the age of 14. He worked for the firms of Patterson, Laing and Bruce and then Brooks, McGlashan and McClarg, rising through the ranks of the latter, and listed his profession as "salesman" at the time of his election. He held a series of prominent sporting roles: treasurer of the Footscray Football Club, secretary of the Footscray Rowing Club and secretary of the Victorian Football Association, and was heavily involved in the local branches of the Australian Natives Association. Fotheringham was elected to the Legislative Assembly at a 1901 by-election for the seat of Footscr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Argus (Melbourne)
''The Argus'' was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. Widely known as a conservative newspaper for most of its history, it adopted a left-leaning approach from 1949. ''The Argus''s main competitor was David Syme's more liberal-minded newspaper, ''The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...''. History The newspaper was originally owned by William Kerr, who was also Melbourne's town clerk from 1851 to 1856 and had been a journalist at the '' Sydney Gazette'' before moving to Melbourne in 1839 to work on John Fawkner's newspaper, the ''Port Phillip Patriot''. The first edition was published on 2 June 1846. The paper soon became k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footscray Cemetery
Footscray may refer to: Victoria, Australia * Footscray, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne ** Footscray railway station ** Footscray Town Hall ** Footscray Football Club, the legal name of an Australian rules football club currently branded as Western Bulldogs ** Footscray Bulldogs, the reserve side of Western Bulldogs ** Footscray JUST, a defunct soccer club ** Footscray Institute of Technology, a precursor to Victoria University ** Footscray Park, a large Edwardian park London, England * Foots Cray Foots Cray is an area of South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. Prior to 1965 it was in the historic county of Kent. It is located south-east of Sidcup, north of Orpington and north west of Swanley. History It to ..., an area of the London Borough of Bexley * Footscray RUFC, a rugby union club in New Eltham {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bendigo Independent
''The Bendigo Independent'' was a newspaper published in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. History The ''Independent'' was founded in Bendigo (also named Sandhurst) in or before March 1862. E. A. Banks (1854–1920) was the editor for many years. In November 1918 the management of the ''Independent'' purchased its competitor '' The Bendigo Advertiser'', and amalgamated the two titles under the banner of the latter. Digitization Copies of ''The Bendigo Independent'' of most issues froNo. 8428(1 January 1891) tNo. 14910(30 November 1918) have been digitized by the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta ... and may be accessed via Trove. The newspaper was issued daily (except Sundays) during this period. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bendigo Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Flemington
Flemington was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 1904 with the abolition of Essendon and Flemington. The new seat was won by the former Labor member for the abolished seat, Edward Warde. Flemington was abolished in 1945 when several new districts were created, including Moonee Ponds Moonee Ponds is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley Local government ar .... Flemington was created again in 1955 but was abolished once more in 1967, with its territory being incorporated into Essendon. Members Election results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Flemington Former electoral districts of Victoria (state) 1904 establishments in Australia 1945 disestablishments in Australia 1955 establishments in Australia 1967 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 Victorian State Election
The 1904 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on 1 June 1904 to elect 67 members to the state's Legislative Assembly. It was the first election to be held in Victoria since the passing of the Constitution Act 1903 (also known as the "Constitution Reform Act"), which reduced the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly from 95 to 67 and removed all two-member electorates. It also created three new electorates representing public and railways officers: the Electoral province for Public Officers and Railway Officers the " Electoral district for Public Officers" and a two-member "Electoral district for Railway Officers". Members of the public service had previously not been eligible to stand as candidates without first resigning. Under these changes, they could stand while a state employee, and if successful in winning a seat, would have a leave of absence while sitting as an MP. Background Ministerialists were a group of members of parliamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lemmon (politician)
John Lemmon (15 July 1875 – 28 October 1955) was an Australian politician. He served as the Victorian Minister of Education four times. He also served the longest ever term as a member of the Victorian Parliament, being an MLA for over fifty years. This also makes him the longest-serving state-level politician in Australian history. Early years Lemmon was born in Carlton in the Caretakers Cottage of the Trades Hall Council to English wood turner Samuel Lemmon and his Irish wife Matilda Thompson, Samuel and his wife had the Care Takers role for 50 years between them. Lemmon attended Rathdowne St Primary School, the Trades Hall School and then Working Men's College. He was a carpenter's apprentice for five years joining the Timber Workers' Union at the age of fifteen. Doing the same task on sash windows all the time, he realised that the apprenticeship scheme needed to improve. He changed trades to become a tailors cutter. He opened his own business, “Our Boys” Tayl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Footscray
The electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, covering the suburbs of Footscray, Victoria, Footscray, Maidstone, Victoria, Maidstone, Maribyrnong, Victoria, Maribyrnong, Seddon, Victoria, Seddon, West Footscray, Victoria, West Footscray, and parts of Yarraville, Victoria, Yarraville. The seat was first created by ''The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876'' taking effect at the 1877 elections. It was abolished in 1904 and recreated in 1927. In its current incarnation it has been held by the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party for its entire existence. It has usually been a comfortably safe Labor seat, as it lies in Labor's traditional heartland of western and northern Melbourne. Members for Footscray Election results Graphical summary External links Electorate profile: Footscray District, Victorian Electoral Commission References Elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
