Mathew Mellor (1839 – 17 February 1899) was a politician in

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, Australia. He was mayor of

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and a

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Politics

Mellor was the first

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of the

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(later

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). He served first from 1880 to 1881 and then again in 1897. Mellor also served two terms as a Member of the

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, holding the seat of Wide Bay from 1883 to 1888 and

from 1888 to 1893.

Personal life

Mellor married Martha Pache and they had two sons. He then married Mary Ann Bouchard on 24 February 1880. Together three sons and four daughters. Dying in 1899, Mellor was buried in the Gympie Cemetery.Welcome to the Gympie Cemetery Mapping Portal
— Gympie Cemetery Trust. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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* — Obituary Mayors of places in Queensland 19th-century Australian politicians People from Gympie 1839 births 1899 deaths Colony of Queensland people {{Australia-mayor-stub