Mr John Daniel FITZGERALD (1862 - 1922)

Date of Birth: 11/06/1862
Place of Birth: Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 04/07/1922
Place of Death: Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	17 Jun 1891	25 Jun 1894	3yr(s) 9day(s)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	15 Jun 1915	4 Jul 1922	7yr(s) 20day(s)		Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 28 April 1915.
Member for West Sydney	17 Jun 1891	25 Jun 1894	3yr(s) 9day(s)	15th (1891 - 1894)
Vice President of the Executive Council	27 Apr 1915	30 Jul 1919	4yr(s) 3mth(s) 4day(s)
Minister of Public Health	15 Nov 1916	18 Jul 1919	2yr(s) 8mth(s) 4day(s)
Minister for Local Government	15 Nov 1916	12 Apr 1920	3yr(s) 4mth(s) 29day(s)
Minister of Justice and Solicitor General	23 Jul 1919	12 Apr 1920	8mth(s) 21day(s)
Representative of Government	27 Apr 1915	12 Jun 1918	3yr(s) 1mth(s) 17day(s)
Assistant Minister of Public Instruction	4 Apr 1916	18 Jul 1916	3mth(s) 15day(s)
Watkins Wallis Trust Estate Bill Committee No.26	15 Dec 1891	22 Dec 1891	8days	15th (1891 - 1894)
Library Committee No.6	5 Oct 1892	18 Oct 1892	14days	15th (1891 - 1894)
Simpson’s Railway Bill Committee No.12	16 Nov 1892	21 Dec 1892	1mth 6days	15th (1891 - 1894)
Post Office Savings Bank-National Bank Committee No.15	29 Nov 1892	16 May 1893	5mths 18days	15th (1891 - 1894)
Working of the Government Labour Bureau Committee No.25	26 Apr 1893	2 Jun 1893	1mth 8days	15th (1891 - 1894)
Library Committee No.4	27 Sep 1893	8 Dec 1893	2mths 12days	15th (1891 - 1894)
Operation of the Shipping Laws Committee No.6	23 Jan 1894	5 Jun 1894	4mths 14days	16th (1894 - 1895)
Library Committee No.4	23 Jan 1894	11 Jun 1894	4mths 20days	16th (1894 - 1895)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2	23 Jan 1894	11 Jun 1894	4mths 20days	16th (1894 - 1895)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Expelled in 1893; Protestant; rejoined Labor Party, president in 1901, member of central executive from 1911 until 1916, vice president from 1912, 1914, president from 1915 until 1916; expelled over conscription in 1916; chairman of the Democratic Party. Nationals.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Printer and barrister. Educated at Shellharbour Public School and Fort Street Public School and St Mary's Cathedral School, Sydney. Apprenticed as a compositor, Bathurst, by 1885 working on the Evening News in Sydney. Foundation member of New South Wales Typographical Association. President from 1887 - 1888. Founded a republican league. Member of the socialist league. Described himself as a painter in 1893. Edited newspapers in Rockhampton, Queensland. Admitted to the New South Wales Bar in April 1900. Foundation councillor Womanhood Suffrage League 1891. Closely associated with city improvement and town planning. Town Planning Association of New South Wales 1913. Trustee of the Public Library of New South Wales 1912 - 1922.

Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held

Member of the Health Committee 1901 - 1902. Health and Recreations Committee 1903 - 1904; Parliamentary and By-Laws Committee 1901; the By-Laws Committee 1902; and the Works Committee 1903.

Local Government Activity

Alderman of the Sydney Municipal Council 1900 - 1904

Personal

Son of John Daniel, schoolteacher, and Mary Ann Cullen. Married Octavie Camille Clara Ernestine Roche on 26 May 1892 at Chelsea, England and had issue, 1 daughter. Roman Catholic.

Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8. Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: John Daniel Fitzgerald - papers, 1880 - 1922 (DLMSQ 250- DLMSQ 285- DLMS 146 - DLMS 158). Fitzgerald Papers, Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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