Mr John MCELHONE (1833 - 1898)**

Date of Birth: 16/06/1833 Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 06/05/1898 Place of Death: Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 5 Aug 1875 6 May 1898 22yr(s) 9mth(s) 2day(s) Member for Upper Hunter 5 Aug 1875 12 Oct 1877 2yr(s) 2mth(s) 8day(s) 8th (1875 - 1877) Member for Upper Hunter 3 Nov 1877 9 Nov 1880 3yr(s) 7day(s) 9th (1877 - 1880) Member for Upper Hunter 30 Nov 1880 23 Nov 1882 1yr(s) 11mth(s) 25day(s) 10th (1880 - 1882) Member for East Sydney 30 Nov 1882 17 Jan 1883 1mth(s) 19day(s) 11th (1882 - 1885) Member for Upper Hunter 14 Dec 1882 21 Feb 1883 2mth(s) 8day(s) 11th (1882 - 1885) Member for Upper Hunter 6 Mar 1883 7 Oct 1885 2yr(s) 7mth(s) 2day(s) 11th (1882 - 1885) Member for Upper Hunter 18 Feb 1887 19 Jan 1889 1yr(s) 11mth(s) 2day(s) 13th (1887 - 1889) Member for Sydney-Fitzroy 24 Jul 1895 6 May 1898 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 13day(s) 17th (1895 - 1898) Bathurst Presbyterian Church Trustees Enabling Bill Committee No.12 20 Jan 1876 2 Mar 1876 1mth 12days 8th (1875 - 1877) The Case of Alfred Arnold Committee No.24 16 May 1876 27 Jun 1876 1mth 12days 8th (1875 - 1877) Lunatic Asylum, Parramatta Committee No.25 1 Aug 1876 22 Aug 1876 22days 8th (1875 - 1877) Lunatic Asylum, Parramatta Committee No.5 19 Dec 1876 9 May 1877 4mths 21days 8th (1875 - 1877) Macquarie Coal Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.12 30 Jan 1877 13 Feb 1877 15days 8th (1875 - 1877) Mr John Garsed Committee No.17 4 May 1877 11 Oct 1877 5mths 8days 8th (1875 - 1877) Colonial Storekeeper’s Department Committee No.22 22 Jun 1877 11 Oct 1877 3mths 20days 9th (1877 - 1880) Metropolitan Cattle Sale Yards Committee No.13 12 Feb 1878 20 Mar 1878 1mth 9days 9th (1877 - 1880) Mineral Selection at Mitchell’s Creek Committee No.15 26 Feb 1878 5 Apr 1878 1mth 11days 9th (1877 - 1880) Josiah Pitty’s Conditional Purchase Committee No.17 12 Mar 1878 21 May 1878 2mths 10days 9th (1877 - 1880) Land at corner of Pitt and Bridge Streets Committee No.23 12 Apr 1878 17 May 1878 1mth 6days 9th (1877 - 1880) Land at corner of Pitt and Bridge Streets Committee No.6 13 Sep 1878 27 Sep 1878 15days 9th (1877 - 1880) Josiah Pitty’s Conditional Purchase at Deniliquin Committee No.9 1 Oct 1878 24 Jul 1879 9mths 24days 9th (1877 - 1880) Pilot Steamer “Captain Cook” Committee No.15 22 Oct 1878 4 Jul 1879 8mths 13days 9th (1877 - 1880) Petition of Mr E.W Rudder Committee No.18 12 Nov 1878 24 Jul 1879 8mths 13days 9th (1877 - 1880) Wagga Wagga Common Committee No.27 2 May 1879 24 Jul 1879 2mths 23days 9th (1877 - 1880) Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children Committee No.9 19 Nov 1879 8 Jul 1880 7mths 20days 9th (1877 - 1880) Payments to Discharged Prisoners Committee No.10 25 Nov 1879 13 Jul 1880 7mths 19days 9th (1877 - 1880) Merriwa Church and Presbytery Land Sale Bill Committee No.18 16 Mar 1880 31 Mar 1880 16days 10th (1880 - 1882) Petition of Mr E.W Rudder Committee No.26 22 Jun 1880 9 Jul 1880 18days 9th (1877 - 1880) Hall’s Estate Bill Committee No.13 11 Feb 1881 6 Apr 1881 1mth 27days 10th (1880 - 1882) Ryan’s Conditional Purchases at Wagga Wagga Committee No.21 28 Nov 1883 9 Apr 1884 4mths 13days 11th (1882 - 1885) George Dougherty’s Conditional Purchase Committee No.35 14 Feb 1884 22 May 1884 3mths 9days 11th (1882 - 1885) Claim of Stephen Cole Committee No.36 20 Feb 1884 1 Nov 1884 8mths 13days 11th (1882 - 1885) Claim of E.Blakeney v.Pegus Committee No.22 17 May 1887 7 Jun 1887 22days 13th (1887 - 1889) Sydney Corporation Act Amendment Bill Committee No.24 19 May 1887 19 May 1887 1day 13th (1887 - 1889) Land resumed by the Government for Railway purposes at Bexley Committee No.34 16 Dec 1887 24 Jul 1888 7mths 9days 13th (1887 - 1889) Teralba Coal mining Reserve Committee No.59 8 Jun 1888 24 Jul 1888 1mth 17days 13th (1887 - 1889) Chairman The Abattoirs Committee No.8 2 Jun 1896 12 Nov 1896 5mths 11days 17th (1895 - 1898) Evidence before the Civil Service Commission by Mr H.C.L Anderson Committee No.19 28 Jul 1896 11 Nov 1896 3mths 15days 17th (1895 - 1898)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Hide and tallow merchant and export agent. Educated at St Mary's Seminary School. In 1851 was apprenticed on ship. By 1859 became a commercial agent in Sydney. In 1867 until 1872 was a broker and produce merchant. In 1873 advertised as a stock, station and wool agent, but set up as a hide and tallow merchant and exporter of colonial produce.

Local Government Activity

Alderman of the Sydney City Council for Fitzroy Ward, 2 December 1878 - 30 November 1882.

Personal

Son of Terence McElhone, milk vendor, and his wife Catherine Mallon. Married Mary Jane Browne, daughter of John Browne, a wealthy squatter from the Liverpool Plains, on 5 February 1862 and had issue, 3 daughters and 6 sons. Roman Catholic.

Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB), Volume 5

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