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Mr Edward BUTLER (1823 - 1879)
- Date of Birth: 01/01/1823
- Place of Birth: County Kilkenny, Ireland
- Date of Death: 09/06/1879
- Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Parliament | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 3 Sep 1861 | 19 Nov 1863 | 2yr(s) 2mth(s) 17day(s) | | Life Appointments under the Constitution Act: Date of Writ of Summons 2 September 1861. |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 13 Dec 1869 | 12 Oct 1877 | 7yr(s) 9mth(s) 30day(s) |  | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 5 Dec 1877 | 9 Jun 1879 | 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 5day(s) | | Life Appointment under the Constitution Act: Date of Writ of Summons 29 October 1877. |
| Member for Argyle | 13 Dec 1869 | 3 Feb 1872 | 2yr(s) 1mth(s) 22day(s) | 6th (1870 - 1872) | |
| Member for Argyle | 4 Mar 1872 | 14 May 1872 | 2mth(s) 11day(s) | 7th (1872 - 1874) | |
| Member for Argyle | 27 May 1872 | 28 Nov 1874 | 2yr(s) 6mth(s) 2day(s) | 7th (1872 - 1874) | |
| Member for Argyle | 28 Dec 1874 | 12 Oct 1877 | 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 15day(s) | 8th (1875 - 1877) | |
| Attorney General | 15 May 1872 | 10 Nov 1873 | 1yr(s) 5mth(s) 27day(s) | | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.3 | 2 Feb 1870 | 22 Feb 1870 | 21days | 6th (1870 - 1872) | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.5 | 11 Aug 1870 | 3 Nov 1870 | 2mths 24days | 6th (1870 - 1872) | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.3 | 12 Aug 1870 | 22 Mar 1871 | 7mths 11days | 6th (1870 - 1872) | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.3 | 15 Nov 1871 | 1 Feb 1872 | 2mths 18days | 6th (1870 - 1872) | |
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Community Activity
Fellow of St John's College at the University of Sydney in 1858. Involved in church activities but often opposed the hierarchy. Member of the Law Reform Committee in 1871.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (Barrister). Educated at Kilkenny College. Employed as a journalist and became a protege of Charles Gavan Duffy in the Young Ireland movement. Became the editor of the nationalist newspaper, Galway Vindicator, in 1848 and subsequently the editor of Duffy's 'Nation'. Was briefly imprisoned for nationalist activities. Emigrated to New South Wales because to pursue a legal career. Arrived in New South Wales in 1853 and began work on Henry Parkes' 'Empire' and was associated with the liberal movement. (Sir Henry Parkes was in the first to sixteenth Parliaments and was Premier six times.) Broke with Parkes in 1873. Admitted to the New South Wales Bar on 16 October 1855. He became Crown Prosecutor and Commissoner of the Court of Claims in 1857 at £500 per annum. His appointment was reviewed in 1859 and from 1860 to 1867 he worked mainly as a criminal lawyer. From 1868, he was a speciaist in common and commercial law. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1873. Successful as a squatter and became wealthy.
Personal
Son of Michael, a farmer, and Mary, nee Joyce. Married (1) Ellen Mary Connolly on 1 May 1858 at Parramatta and had issue, 4 sons and 5 daughters. Married (2) to Marion Daintry on 22 April 1875 in Sydney and had issue, 1 daughter. Roman Catholic.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume three;
Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales 1856-1901
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