Sir Joseph George Long INNES (1834 - 1896)

Date of Birth: 16/10/1834
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 28/10/1896
Place of Death: London, England

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	7 Mar 1872	11 Aug 1873	1yr(s) 5mth(s) 5day(s)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	9 Sep 1873	14 Oct 1881	8yr(s) 1mth(s) 6day(s)		Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 2 September 1873
Member for Mudgee	7 Mar 1872	14 May 1872	2mth(s) 8day(s)	7th (1872 - 1874)
Member for Mudgee	27 May 1872	11 Aug 1873	1yr(s) 2mth(s) 16day(s)	7th (1872 - 1874)
Solicitor General	14 May 1872	19 Nov 1873	1yr(s) 6mth(s) 6day(s)
Attorney General	20 Nov 1873	8 Feb 1875	1yr(s) 2mth(s) 20day(s)		without seat in Cabinet from 9 December 1873.
Minister of Justice	11 Aug 1880	13 Oct 1881	1yr(s) 2mth(s) 3day(s)
Minister of Justice	11 Aug 1880	13 Oct 1881	1yr(s) 2mth(s) 3day(s)
Representative of Government	9 Sep 1873	8 Feb 1875	1yr(s) 5mth(s)
Chairman of Committees	9 Feb 1875	16 Dec 1880	5yr(s) 10mth(s) 8day(s)
Sydney United Omnibus Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.11	26 Jun 1872	28 Jun 1872	3days	6th (1870 - 1872)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1	5 Nov 1872	5 Nov 1872	1day	6th (1870 - 1872)
Patents Committee No.10	19 Nov 1872	14 Mar 1873	3mths 24days	7th (1872 - 1874)
Fire Brigades Bill Committee No.25	14 Feb 1873	25 Apr 1873	2mths 12days	7th (1872 - 1874)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (barrister). Educated at W.T Cape's School and King's School, Parramatta. Became a clerk in the Survey Department and Clerk of Petty Sessions at Sofala in 1851. Associate to Sir Alfred Stephen in 1854. Entered Lincolns Inn in London, 1856. Called to the Bar, practised in London; Returned to Sydney in 1862; Admitted to the Bar in 1863; District Court Judge in Queensland 1865 - 1869; Practised at Bar, sometimes as a Crown Prosecutor; Judge of the Supreme Court. 1881 - 1896. President of Royal Commission on Gold Fields Act 1870. Trusteee of Free Public Library from 1879; Trustee of National Art Gallery of New South Wales; On Committee of Goodenough Royal Naval House. Sportsman and 'staunch churchman'.

Honours Received

Knighted in 1875.

Personal

Son of Major Joseph Long, police superintendent, and Elizabeth Anne Reibey. Married Emily Janet Smith on 5 July 1865 and had issue, 1 daughter and 5 sons. Church of England.

Additional Information

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