Matthew Harris (Australian politician)
Sir Matthew Harris (18 September 1841 – 8 June 1917) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
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He was born in Magherafelt in County Londonderry to John Harris and Nancy Ann McKee. The family migrated to Sydney in 1842. Harris attended the University of Sydney, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1863; he inherited property from his father in 1862. On 4 August 1868 he married Frances Snowdon Lane, with whom he would have eleven children. From 1883 to 1900 he was a Sydney City alderman; he served as Mayor from 1898 to 1900. In 1894 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Sydney-Denison, serving until his retirement in 1901. He was knighted in 1899. Harris died at the Jenner Private Hospital in Potts Point in 1917.[1][2]
References
- "Sir Matthew Harris (1841-1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- "SIR MATTHEW HARRIS". The Sun. New South Wales, Australia. 8 June 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 22 December 2019 – via Trove.