Alexander Dunlop (politician)

Alexander Cunningham (or Cunninghame)[1] Wallace Dunlop[2] or Alexander Cunningham Fairlie Wallace-Dunlop[3] (16 June 1809 – 21 June 1852) was a nominee member of the Victorian Legislative Council[4] from November 1851 until his death 7 months later.[3]

Dunlop was born in West Lothian, Scotland to Anthony Dunlop (from Ellerslie, Isle of Man) and Anne Cunningham.[3] Arriving in the Port Phillip District in the 1840s, he became a magistrate in 1851.[3] 31 October 1851 Dunlop was nominated to the Victorian Legislative Council.[1] His nomination to the Legislative Council was announced in the Victoria Government Gazette of 5 November 1851.[4] Dunlop died in Melbourne, his funeral was held on 24 June 1852.[5] He was replaced in the Council by Joseph Anderson.[1]

References
  1. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 166. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  3. "Alexander Cunningham Fairlie Wallace-Dunlop". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. "Victoria Government Gazette (per 1851-18)". Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 5 November 1851. p. 1851:713.
  5. "Notice The funeral of the late A. C. Wallace Dunlop, Esq, MLC". The Argus. Melbourne. 24 June 1852. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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