John de Poix Tyrel (1840 – 15 July 1885) was a politician in

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, Australia. He was a Member of the

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Personal

Tyrel was born in 1840 in

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, England, the son of John de Poix Tyrel Snr. and Mary Christina (née Chapman). A member of the

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, he had a private education in London and Worcester and arrived in Queensland in 1864 and became the manager of the

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Sugar Plantation. In 1872 he was an auctioneer and commercial agent in

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. On 13 November 1880, Tyrel married Elizabeth, the widow of Charles Farley, on 13 November 1880, at Stanthorpe. He died there in July 1885.

Community involvement

He was elected a member of the

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in 1880 and a member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows in 1883.

Politics

Tyrel won the

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in January 1876 for the electorate of Carnarvon to replace William Miles, who had resigned in October the previous year. He went on to represent Carnavon until the

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when he retired from politics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyrel, John Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Colony of Queensland people 1840 births 1885 deaths Australian people of English descent 19th-century Australian politicians