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Mr William Patrick CRICK (1862 - 1908)

  • Date of Birth: 10/02/1862
  • Place of Birth: Truro, near Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
  • Date of Death: 28/08/1908
  • Place of Death: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly16 Feb 18896 Aug 190617yr(s) 5mth(s) 22day(s)
Member for West Macquarie16 Feb 188913 Nov 18901yr(s) 8mth(s) 29day(s)14th (1889 - 1891)
Member for West Macquarie6 Dec 18906 Jun 18916mth(s) 1day(s)14th (1889 - 1891)
Member for West Macquarie20 Jun 189125 Jul 18943yr(s) 1mth(s) 6day(s)15th (1891 - 1894)
Member for West Macquarie17 Jul 18945 Jul 189511mth(s) 19day(s)16th (1894 - 1895)
Member for West Macquarie24 Jul 18958 Jul 18982yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s)17th (1895 - 1898)
Member for West Macquarie27 Jul 189814 Sep 18991yr(s) 1mth(s) 19day(s)18th (1898 - 1901)
Member for West Macquarie23 Sep 189911 Jun 19011yr(s) 8mth(s) 20day(s)18th (1898 - 1901)
Member for West Macquarie3 Jul 190116 Jul 19043yr(s) 14day(s)19th (1901 - 1904)
Member for Blayney6 Aug 19046 Aug 19062yr(s) 1day(s)20th (1904 - 1907)
Postmaster General14 Sep 189928 Feb 19011yr(s) 5mth(s) 15day(s)
Minister without portfolio1 Mar 190110 Apr 19011mth(s) 10day(s)
Secretary for Lands11 Apr 190114 Jun 19043yr(s) 2mth(s) 4day(s)
Chairman of Committees22 Sep 190427 Jun 19059mth(s) 6day(s)
Bathurst Cattle Sale Yards Bill Committee No.1216 May 188929 May 188914days14th (1889 - 1891)
Mrs Cunynghame, Late superintendent of Macquarie Street Asylum for Infirm and Destitute, Parramatta Committee No.235 Jul 188927 Sep 18892mths 23days14th (1889 - 1891)
Mr Manning, Chairman of Licensing Bench at Ryde Committee No.73 Dec 188917 Dec 188915days14th (1889 - 1891)
Mrs Cunynghame, late Superintendent of Macquarie Street Asylum for Infirm and Destitute, Parramatta Committee No.830 Apr 189023 Sep 18904mths 25days14th (1889 - 1891)
Mr Manning, Chairman of Licensing Bench at Ryde Committee No.930 Apr 189014 Oct 18905mths 15days14th (1889 - 1891)Chairman
Broken Hill and Pinnacles Tramway Bill Committee No.163 Jun 189020 Dec 18906mths 18days14th (1889 - 1891)
Claim of E.K Crace to Crown Land adjoining Gungahleen Estate Committee No.2024 Jun 189014 Oct 18903mths 21days14th (1889 - 1891)
Australian Banking Company of Sydney Bill Committee No.3524 Sep 18908 Oct 189015days14th (1889 - 1891)
Management of the Orange Hospital Committee No.3821 Oct 189019 Dec 18901mth 29days14th (1889 - 1891)
Management of the Orange Hospital No.526 May 18912 Jun 18918days15th (1891 - 1894)
Mrs Cunynhame, late Superintendent of Macquarie-street Asylum for Infirm and Destitute, Parramatta Committee No.1425 Aug 189117 Sep 189124days15th (1891 - 1894)
Conditional Purchase made by Anne Nash O’Brien, at Corowa Committee No.2116 Sep 189115 Mar 18925mths 29days15th (1891 - 1894)
Application for a Free Pass made by Mr Black, MP Committee No.2717 Dec 189121 Mar 18923mths 5days15th (1891 - 1894)Chairman
Whaling Road, North Sydney Committee No.2921 Dec 189117 Mar 18922mths 26days15th (1891 - 1894)
Standing Orders Committee No.55 Oct 189218 Oct 189214days15th (1891 - 1894)
Hillgrove and Armidale Water-power Electric Bill Committee No.45 Oct 18921 Nov 189228days15th (1891 - 1894)
Vice Suppression Bill Committee No.1125 Oct 189218 Oct 189215th (1891 - 1894)
Standing Orders Committee No.327 Sep 18938 Dec 18932mths 12days15th (1891 - 1894)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.117 Jan 189417 Jan 18941day15th (1891 - 1894)
Standing Orders Committee No.323 Jan 18945 Jun 18944mths 14days16th (1894 - 1895)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.223 Jan 189411 Jun 18944mths 20days16th (1894 - 1895)
Elections and Qualifications No. 57 Aug 18945 Jul 189510mths 29days16th (1894 - 1895)
Standing Orders Committee No. 229 Aug 18945 Jul 189510mths 7days16th (1894 - 1895)
Appropriation Bill. Committee No. 1521 Dec 18945 Jul 18956mths 15days16th (1894 - 1895)
Elections and Qualifications. Committee No. 514 Aug 189517 Oct 18952mths 4days17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders. Committee No. 220 Aug 18958 Jul 18982yrs 10mths 19days17th (1895 - 1898)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.613 May 189616 Nov 18966mths 4days17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders Committee No.214 May 189616 Nov 18966mths 3days17th (1895 - 1898)
North Shore Bridge Bill Committee No.131 Jul 189628 Jul 189628days17th (1895 - 1898)
City and North Sydney Railway Bill; Sydney and North Sydney Bridge and Tramway Bill. North Shore Bridge Bill Committee No.1721 Jul 189621 Oct 18963mths 1day17th (1895 - 1898)North Shore Bridge Bill Committee appointed on 13 August 1896
Standing Orders Committee No.228 Apr 189718 Aug 18973mths 22days17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders Committee No. 228 Jun 18988 Jul 189811days17th (1895 - 1898)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No. 217 Aug 189823 Dec 18984mths 7days18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No. 325 Aug 189823 Dec 18983mths 29days18th (1898 - 1901)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.521 Feb 189930 Mar 18991mth 10days18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.121 Feb 189930 Mar 18991mth 10days18th (1898 - 1901)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.611 Apr 189921 Apr 189911days18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.213 Apr 189921 Apr 18999days18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.48 Aug 189923 Dec 18994mths 16days18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.420 Jun 190024 Jul 19001mth 5days18th (1898 - 1901)
Racing Association Bill Committee No.2318 Sep 19001 Dec 19002mths 14days18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.58 Aug 190120 Dec 19014mths 13days19th (1901 - 1904)
Tied Houses Committee No.84 Sep 190112 Sep 19019days19th (1901 - 1904)
Claims of Contractors, Mosman and Middle Harbour Sewerage Committee No.112 Oct 190120 Dec 19012mths 19days19th (1901 - 1904)
Land fronting Throsby and Cottage Creeks, sold by A.A Dangar, Esquire Committee No.122 Oct 190120 Dec 19012mths 19days19th (1901 - 1904)
Claims of Robert Roberts, late bookbinder in the Registrar-General’s Office Committee No.1420 Nov 190119 Dec 190130days19th (1901 - 1904)
Lease of the Kensington Racecourse Committee No.717 Jun 190231 Jul 19021mth 15days19th (1901 - 1904)
Standing Orders Committee No.417 Jun 190220 Dec 19026mths 4days19th (1901 - 1904)
Conditional Purchase by Mrs Anne Rouse, in the Parish of Kahibah Committee No.1319 Aug 19029 Oct 19021mth 21days19th (1901 - 1904)
Land fronting Throsby and Cottage Creeks, sold by A.A Dangar, Esquire Committee No.152 Sep 190220 Dec 19023mths 19days19th (1901 - 1904)
Proposed Government Alignment of Flood street, Leichhardt Committee No.2128 Nov 19029 Dec 190212days19th (1901 - 1904)
Standing Orders Committee No.41 Jul 19031 Dec 19035mths 1day19th (1901 - 1904)
Sydney Harbour Collieries (Limited) Bill Committee No.919 Aug 190310 Nov 19032mths 23days19th (1901 - 1904)
Alleged Evasion of the Arbitration Act Committee No.134 Sep 190323 Sep 190320days19th (1901 - 1904)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.224 Aug 19041 Dec 19043mths 8days19th (1901 - 1904)
Standing Orders Committee No.321 Sep 19049 Nov 19041mth 20days19th (1901 - 1904)
Standing Orders Committee No.328 Jun 19059 Dec 19055mths 12days20th (1904 - 1907)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (solicitor). Educated at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, William Crick was articled to R.J. Ryan in Dubbo in 1881, and later to T.M. Slattery and L.F. Heydon in Sydney (1884), J.A. Cahill (1885) and H. Dawson (1886). Was admitted to practice as a solicitor in November 1886 and went on to develop a lucrative Police Court practice, and for a time was in partnership with R.D. Meagher. He was a proprietor of Truthwith W.N. Lewis in 1890 but left after litigation over proprietorship with John Norton (1892-1895). In 1895 he founded the Land and Industrial Alliance with E.W. O’Sullivan. William Crick was a radical and protectionist.


Local Government Activity

Alderman of the Sydney City Council for Belmore Ward from 22 August 1904 until 30 November 1904. Member of the Works Committee 1904. Member of the Health and By-Laws Committee 1904.


Personal

Son of William Crick an English born labourer and later farmer, and his wife, Irish born Margaret Mungovan. The family moved from South Australia to New South Wales in 1868, with William Senior becoming a selector at Spicer’s Creek, near Wellington. Married Mary Catherine Kelly on 30th June 1880 in Sydney and had issue. Separated in 1892. An owner of racehorses, a heavy gambler and drinker who was involved in many libel suits and assault charges, William Crick was expelled from Parliament for unruly behaviour in 1890 but was subsequently re-elected. In 1906 was accused by the Royal Commission on Lands Administration of accepting bribes. Charges were subsequently laid but the proceedings were dropped. Resigned from the Legislative Assembly, but was then expelled and further struck off the roll of solicitors in 1907.


Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3



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