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Isidor Lissner

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Isidor Lissner
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Kennedy
In office
25 November 1873 – 28 November 1878
Serving with Arthur Rutledge
Preceded byHenry Palmer
Succeeded byGeorge Jackson
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Cairns
In office
4 April 1896 – 11 March 1899
Preceded byThomas Joseph Byrnes
Succeeded byThomas Givens
Personal details
Born
Isidor Siegfried Lissner

1832
Posen, Prussia
Died22 July 1902
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
NationalityPrussian
Political partyMinisterialist
SpouseLouisa Margaret Ross[1]
OccupationGoldminer, Storekeeper

Isidor Siegfried Lissner (1832 – 22 July 1902)[2] was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

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Lissner was born in Posen, Prussia, the son of Siegfried Lissner and Julia Gluckmann.[3]

Mining

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He emigrated in 1856 to Victoria (Australia), where, after a varied experience on the gold diggings, he went to New Zealand and subsequently to Queensland, where he first settled at Ravenswood, Queensland and then moved to Charters Towers.[4] Lissner came to England with Mr. Black in 1887 as the representative of the Charters Towers miners to assist Harold Finch-Hatton in pressing the question of North Queensland Separation on the attention of the Home Government.[4]

Politics

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Lissner was member for Kennedy from 5 October 1883 to 13 May 1893, (Secretary for Mines and Public Works 27 March 1893 to 25 May 1893) and member for Cairns from 4 April 1896 to 11 March 1899.[5]

Later life

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Lissner died in 1902 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[6]

The heritage-listed Lissner Park in Charters Towers is named after him.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Births, Deaths, MarriagesGovernment of Queensland. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Former Members Register". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ Chapter 7. Isidor Lissner and the politics of the eightiesJames Cook University. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b Mennell, Philip (1892). "Lissner, Isodor" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Lissner Isidor Seigfrid Archived 19 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Boer War Veterans Memorial Kiosk and Lissner Park (entry 600397)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Kennedy
1883 - 1893
Served alongside: Arthur Rutledge
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Cairns
1896 - 1899
Succeeded by