Gilbert Eliott (Australian politician)
Gilbert Eliott | |
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| Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 22 May 1860 – 13 July 1870 | |
| Preceded by | New title |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Macalister |
| Constituency | Wide Bay |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Burnett | |
| In office 5 July 1859 – 10 December 1859 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wide Bay | |
| In office 4 May 1860 – 12 August 1870 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Henry King |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
| In office 15 November 1870 – 30 June 1871 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gilbert Eliott 1796 Stobs Castle, Roxburghshire, England |
| Died | 30 June 1871 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse | Isabella Lucy Elliot |
| Relations | Sir William Eliott, 6th Baronet (father) |
| Occupation | Grazier, Magistrate |
Gilbert Eliott CMG (1796 – 30 June 1871), was a politician in colonial Queensland and a Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Eliot was third son of Sir William Eliott, the 6th Bart. of that name, of Stobs, Roxburghshire. He was born in 1796, and married, in 1830, Isabella Lucy, daughter of the Rev. Robert Eliott, vicar of Askham (who died in 1871).
Politics
[edit]Eliott emigrated to Australia, and was appointed a police magistrate at Parramatta in June 1842. He became chief of the three commissioners of the city of Sydney in January 1842.
in July 1859 was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Burnett but had only served 5 months when the Colony of Queensland was created and his seat became redundant.[3] He was then elected to the first Queensland Legislative Assembly in April 1860, as member for Wide Bay. On the meeting of the House in May he was elected the first Speaker, and, having been thrice successively re-elected in the next three Parliaments, voluntarily retired in Nov. 1870, when he was created C.M.G.
Later life
[edit]Eliott died on 30 June 1871[1] and was buried in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.[4]
Eliott's eldest son, Gilbert William, was a police magistrate in Queensland from 1865 to 1878; and, by his marriage with Jane Penelope, daughter of Thomas Thomson, of Tasmania, had a son, Gilbert Francis Eliott, born in 1859, who was Engineer of Harbours and Rivers for Northern Queensland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Morrison, A. A. "Eliott, Gilbert (1796–1871)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ "Mr Gilbert Eliott (1796-1871)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Gilbert Eliott — Toowoomba Regional Council. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- 1796 births
- 1871 deaths
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- Burials in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
- Speakers of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Council
- 19th-century Australian politicians
- 19th-century Australian public servants