John Hargreaves (Queensland politician)
John Henry Hargreaves (1839 - 19 January 1907) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
John Hargreaves | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook | |
| In office 27 Aug 1904 – 19 Jan 1907 | |
| Preceded by | John Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | Henry Douglas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Henry Hargreaves 1839 Gravesend, Kent, England |
| Died | 19 January 1907 (aged 68) Cooktown, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Lost at sea |
| Political party | Ministerialist |
| Spouse | Mahala Gee (m.1875 d.1905) |
| Occupation | Builder |
Biography
Hargreaves was born in Gravesend, Kent, the son of John Henry Hargreaves Snr. and his wife Charlotte (née Furner). He arrived in Queensland for a goldfields expedition and then established a timber and building business in Cooktown around 1878.
On 26 April 1875 he married Mahala Gee[1] (died 1905)[2] in Townsville and together had four sons and three daughters.[1] He drowned on the government-owned ketch, the Pilot, which went missing during the 1907 Cooktown cyclone.[3] His body was not recovered but a memorial to him is at the Cooktown Cemetery.[4]
Public career
At the 1904 Queensland state election, Hargreaves won the seat of Cook for the Ministerialists, defeating the Labour candidate, Mr Le Vaux by two votes.[5] As it was only four months before the 1907 Queensland state election when he died, no by-election was held.
Hargreaves had previously been a councilor on the Shire of Cook and was its Mayor from 1901 until 1904.[1]
References
- "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- "RECENT COOKTOWN CYCLONE". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXIII, no. 15, 304. Queensland, Australia. 30 January 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- Inscription for John Henry Hargreaves — Australian Cemeteries Index. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- "COOK (1)". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXI, no. 14, 552. Queensland, Australia. 2 September 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.