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Mr John HARRIS (1838 - 1911)
- Date of Birth: 10/08/1838
- Place of Birth: Maghera, County Londonderry, Ireland
- Date of Death: 07/11/1911
- Place of Death: Ultimo, 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 Assembly | 25 Oct 1877 | 7 Oct 1885 | 7yr(s) 11mth(s) 13day(s) | | |
| Member for West Sydney | 25 Oct 1877 | 9 Nov 1880 | 3yr(s) 16day(s) | 9th (1877 - 1880) |  |
| Member for South Sydney | 2 Dec 1882 | 7 Oct 1885 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 6day(s) | 11th (1882 - 1885) | |
| Sydney Tramway and Omnibus Company (Limited) Bill Committee No.3 | 23 Jan 1878 | 20 Mar 1878 | 1mth 26days | 9th (1877 - 1880) | |
| Josiah Pitty’s Conditional Purchase Committee No.17 | 12 Mar 1878 | 21 May 1878 | 2mths 10days | 9th (1877 - 1880) | |
| Inverell Free Church of Eastern Australia Land Sale Bill Committee No.20 | 20 Mar 1878 | 28 Mar 1878 | 9days | 9th (1877 - 1880) | |
| Josiah Pitty’s Conditional Purchase at Deniliquin Committee No.9 | 1 Oct 1878 | 24 Jul 1879 | 9mths 24days | 9th (1877 - 1880) | |
| Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary Bill Committee No.12 | 18 Oct 1878 | 29 Oct 1878 | 12days | 9th (1877 - 1880) | |
| Primitive Methodist Church Temporalities Bill Committee No.17 | 1 Nov 1878 | 14 Nov 1878 | 14days | 9th (1877 - 1880) | |
| Australian Gas Light Company’s Bill Committee No.8 | 31 Jan 1883 | 1 Mar 1883 | 1mth | 11th (1882 - 1885) | |
| Whaling Road, North Shore Committee No.46 | 6 May 1884 | 1 Nov 1894 | 10yrs 5mths 27days | 11th (1882 - 1885) | |
| Goulburn Hospital Site Sale Bill Committee No.55 | 30 Jul 1884 | 9 Oct 1884 | 2mths 10days | 11th (1882 - 1885) | |
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Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1875. Honorary Treasurer of Benevolent Asylum. Director of Randwick Orphan Asylum and Sydney Hospital. Benefactor of University of Sydney.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Real Estate Manager. Arrived in Sydney with family in 1842 after his father inherited part of the estates of Dr John Harris. Educated at Dr Fullertons School, Normal Institution and University of Sydney. Left the University of Sydney. Left University without degree. Managed real estate inherited from father.
Local Government Activity
Alderman of the Sydney City Council for Denison Ward, 1 December 1873 - 30 November 1883; for Phillip Ward 1885 - 6 December 1900; and for Denison Ward, 1 December 1902 - 7 November 1911. Member of the Electric Lighting Committee 1897 - 1898 and 1903 - 1908; the Disposal of Refuse Committee 1897 - 1898; the Works Committee 1899, 1902, 1905 and 1908 - 1911; the Garbage Disposal Committee 1901; the Finance Committee 1903 and 1905 - 1909; the Parliamentary and By-Laws Committee 1903; the Health and By-Laws Committee 1905 - 1910; and the Street Signs Special Committee 1906. Mayor 1881 - 1883 and 1888 - 1889. Promoter of Urban redevelopment and economy in local government.
Personal
Son of John and Nancy Ann McKee. Married Lizzie Henrietta Dingle Page in 1869 and had issue, 3 daughters and 5 sons. Presbyterian.
Additional Information
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Sir Matthew Harris - papers, 1896 - 1923 (MLMSS 1237).
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