John Gannon (Australian politician)

John Thomas Gannon (1830 – 5 August 1887) was a politician and solicitor in New South Wales, Australia.

He was born in Sydney in around 1830,[1][lower-alpha 1] the second child of convict James Gannon and his wife Mary née Phelps. A younger brother Michael would later be a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[3] He attended state schools before becoming an articled clerk to Bob Nichols. On 12 July 1855 he married Harriette Mary Jones, with whom he had four children. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1857.[4] before moving to Goulburn from 1859.[5]

He served as Mayor of Goulburn from 1872 to 1873.[6][7] He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Argyle at the by-election in 1881, serving until he resigned in March 1885.[1]

Death

Gannon died at Parramatta in 1887, aged around 56.[1][2][5]

His eldest son, Henry Shuttleworth followed his father, practicing as a solicitor, and was Mayor of Goulburn in 1888 and 1889, but was unsuccessful in standing for parliament at the 1890 by-election for Goulburn,[8] and the 1894 election for Argyle.[9] In 1897 he ostensibly went on holiday to Fiji, but in fact fled to the United States after misappropriating nearly £15,000 of client's money.[10][11][12]

Notes
  1. The Australian Men of Mark gives his year of birth as 1832.[2]

References
  1. "Mr John Thomas Gannon (1830-1887)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. Digby, Everard, ed. (1889). Australian men of mark (PDF). Vol. 1. Sydney: Charles F Maxwell. p. 253. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. "Supreme Court: new attorneys". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 December 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Trove.
  5. "Death of Mr J T Gannon". Goulburn Herald. 6 August 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Trove.
  6. "Mayor of Borough of Goulburn". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 51. 20 February 1872. p. 466. Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Trove.
  7. "Mayor of Borough of Goulburn". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 37. 18 February 1873. p. 508. Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Trove.
  8. Green, Antony. "1890 Goulburn by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  9. Green, Antony. "1894 Argyle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  10. "Offences not otherwise described". New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime. No. 25. New South Wales, Australia. 23 June 1897. p. 221. Retrieved 17 October 2019 – via Trove.
  11. "Law report: re Henry Shuttleworth Gannon". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 August 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2019 – via Trove.
  12. "Estate of H. S. Gannon". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 10 July 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2019 – via Trove.

 

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