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The Hon. Charles Alfred LEE (1842 - 1926)

  • Date of Birth: 13/11/1842
  • Place of Birth: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
  • Date of Death: 16/08/1926
  • Place of Death: Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly20 Nov 188418 Feb 192035yr(s) 2mth(s) 30day(s)
Library Committee No. 329 Aug 18945 Jul 189510mths 7days16th (1894 - 1895)
Member for Tenterfield20 Nov 18847 Oct 188510mth(s) 18day(s)11th (1882 - 1885)
Member for Tenterfield24 Oct 188526 Jan 18871yr(s) 3mth(s) 3day(s)12th (1885 - 1887)
Member for Tenterfield21 Feb 188719 Jan 18891yr(s) 10mth(s) 30day(s)13th (1887 - 1889)
Member for Tenterfield16 Feb 18896 Jun 18912yr(s) 3mth(s) 22day(s)14th (1889 - 1891)
Member for Tenterfield16 Jun 189125 Jun 18943yr(s) 10day(s)15th (1891 - 1894)
Member for Tenterfield17 Jul 18945 Jul 189511mth(s) 19day(s)16th (1894 - 1895)
Member for Tenterfield24 Jul 18958 Jul 18982yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s)17th (1895 - 1898)
Member for Tenterfield27 Jul 189830 Aug 18981mth(s) 4day(s)18th (1898 - 1901)
Member for Tenterfield8 Sep 189811 Jun 19012yr(s) 9mth(s) 4day(s)18th (1898 - 1901)
Member for Tenterfield22 Jun 190116 Jul 19043yr(s) 25day(s)19th (1901 - 1904)
Member for Tenterfield6 Aug 190430 Aug 190425day(s)20th (1904 - 1907)
Member for Tenterfield14 Sep 190419 Aug 19072yr(s) 11mth(s) 6day(s)20th (1904 - 1907)
Member for Tenterfield10 Sep 190714 Sep 19103yr(s) 5day(s)21st (1907 - 1910)
Member for Tenterfield14 Oct 19106 Nov 19133yr(s) 24day(s)22nd (1910 - 1913)
Member for Tenterfield15 Nov 191321 Feb 19173yr(s) 3mth(s) 7day(s)23rd (1913 - 1917)
Member for Tenterfield21 Mar 191718 Feb 19202yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s)24th (1917 - 1920)
Minister of Justice27 Aug 18983 Jul 189910mth(s) 7day(s)
Secretary for Public Works3 Jul 189913 Sep 18992mth(s) 11day(s)
Secretary for Public Works29 Aug 190420 Oct 19106yr(s) 1mth(s) 22day(s)
Glen Innes Markets Leasing Bill Committee No.925 Sep 18852 Oct 18858days12th (1885 - 1887)
Ashfield Church of England School Bill Committee No.2029 Sep 188530 Sep 18852days12th (1885 - 1887)
Vale of Clwydd Coal Mining Company’s Bill Committee No.231 Oct 18852 Oct 18852days12th (1885 - 1887)
Wyatt Estate Leasing Bill Committee No.64 Dec 188511 Feb 18862mths 8days12th (1885 - 1887)
Privilege-Mr Melville, MP Committee No.911 Dec 188528 Jan 18861mth 18days12th (1885 - 1887)
Claim of Mr Thomas Horton Committee No.1528 Jan 188610 Feb 188614days12th (1885 - 1887)
New South Wales Trustees Executors and Agency Company’s Bill Committee No.1916 Feb 188611 May 18862mths 26days12th (1885 - 1887)
Ashfield Church of England School Bill Committee No.2124 Mar 188614 Apr 188622days12th (1885 - 1887)
Mrs Ann Rouse’s Conditional Purchase, parish of Kahibah Committee No.2225 Oct 18876 Jun 18887mths 13days13th (1887 - 1889)
Resumption of Edward Irby’s Land at Bluff River Committee No.2715 Nov 188731 May 18886mths 17days13th (1887 - 1889)Chairman
Grafton School of Arts Trustees Enabling Bill Committee No.3125 Nov 188714 Dec 188720days13th (1887 - 1889)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.21 Mar 188925 Apr 18891mth 25days13th (1887 - 1889)
Katoomba Lighting Bill Committee No.2724 Jul 18896 Aug 188914days14th (1889 - 1891)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.227 Nov 188921 Dec 188925days14th (1889 - 1891)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.230 Apr 189020 Dec 18907mths 21days14th (1889 - 1891)
St Leonard’s School of Arts Enabling Bill Committee No.101 May 18906 May 18906days14th (1889 - 1891)
Broken Hill and Pinnacles Tramway Bill Committee No.163 Jun 189020 Dec 18906mths 18days14th (1889 - 1891)
Land corner Pitt and Bridge Streets Committee No.2124 Jun 189020 Dec 18905mths 27days14th (1889 - 1891)
Claims of William Tom, James Tom and JHA Lister as the first discoverers of gold in Australia Committee No.2726 Aug 189018 Dec 18903mths 23days14th (1889 - 1891)
Australian Banking Company of Sydney Bill Committee No.3524 Sep 18908 Oct 189015days14th (1889 - 1891)
Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition Committee No.367 Oct 189012 Dec 18902mths 6days14th (1889 - 1891)
Australian Banking Company Sydney Bill Committee No.4114 Nov 18904 Dec 189021days14th (1889 - 1891)
Conditional Purchase made by Maurice Bush, District Urana Committee No.4616 Dec 189020 Dec 18905days14th (1889 - 1891)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.727 May 18912 Jun 18917days15th (1891 - 1894)
Albury Mechanics Institute Enabling Bill Committee No.630 Jul 18916 Aug 18918days15th (1891 - 1894)
Sydney Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.74 Aug 189126 Aug 189123days15th (1891 - 1894)
Australian Banking Company of Sydney Bill Committee No.106 Aug 189118 Aug 189113days15th (1891 - 1894)
Claims of William Tom, James Tom, and J.H.A Lister, as the first Discoverers of Gold in Australia Committee No.1525 Aug 18912 Sep 18919days15th (1891 - 1894)
Deepwater and Mount Galena Tramway Bill Committee No.3624 Mar 189228 Mar 18925days15th (1891 - 1894)
Menindie and Broken Hill Tramway Bill Committee.1018 Oct 189210 Nov 189224days15th (1891 - 1894)
Raymond Terrace Mechanics School of Arts Sale Bill Committee No.1416 Nov 189229 Nov 189214days15th (1891 - 1894)
Gunnedah School of Arts Enabling Bill Committee No.2023 Feb 189323 Mar 18931mth 1day15th (1891 - 1894)
Application of Mr J.F Connelly to Mine in the Parish of Currajong Committee No.1228 Nov 18938 Dec 189311days15th (1891 - 1894)
Application of Mr J.F Connelly to Mine in the Parish of Currajong Committee No.1013 Mar 18941 May 18941mth 19days16th (1894 - 1895)
Standing Orders Committee No. 229 Aug 18945 Jul 189510mths 7days16th (1894 - 1895)
Library Committee No. 329 Aug 18945 Jul 189510mths 7days16th (1894 - 1895)
Elections and Qualifications No. 526 Sep 18945 Jul 18959mths 10days16th (1894 - 1895)
Cootamundra Racecourse Bill. Committee No. 730 Oct 18945 Jul 18958mths 6days16th (1894 - 1895)
Resumption of Land, Woolloomooloo Bay. Committee No. 1329 Nov 18945 Jul 18957mths 7days16th (1894 - 1895)
The Lieutenant-Governor’s Opening Speech. Committee No. 114 Aug 18958 Jul 18982yrs 10mths 25days17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders. Committee No. 220 Aug 18958 Jul 18982yrs 10mths 19days17th (1895 - 1898)
Case of Mr A.J.C Single Committee No.919 Sep 189510 Oct 189522days17th (1895 - 1898)
Application of Mr J.F Connelly to mine in the parish of Currajong Committee No.1315 Oct 189518 Dec 18952mths 4days17th (1895 - 1898)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.112 May 189612 May 18961day17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders Committee No.214 May 189616 Nov 18966mths 3days17th (1895 - 1898)
Claim of Captain Rossi Committee No.2028 Jul 18961 Oct 18962mths 4days17th (1895 - 1898)
Lawson’s Estate Mortgage Enabling Bill Committee No.2923 Sep 189630 Sep 18968days17th (1895 - 1898)
Claim of Mr Theophilus Stephens – Crown Law Department Committee No.3420 Oct 189611 Nov 189623days17th (1895 - 1898)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.127 Apr 189727 Apr 18971day17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders Committee No.228 Apr 189718 Aug 18973mths 22days17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders Committee No. 228 Jun 18988 Jul 189811days17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders Committee No. 325 Aug 189830 Aug 18986days18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.121 Feb 189930 Mar 18991mth 10days18th (1898 - 1901)
Lismore Municipal Boundaries Bill Committee No.1219 Oct 189924 Oct 18996days18th (1898 - 1901)
Claim of Mr Theophilus Stephens- Crown Law Department Committee No. 2021 Nov 189930 Nov 189910days18th (1898 - 1901)
Refreshment Committee No.320 Jun 19005 Dec 19005mths 16days18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.58 Aug 190120 Dec 19014mths 13days19th (1901 - 1904)
Standing Orders Committee No.417 Jun 190220 Dec 19026mths 4days19th (1901 - 1904)
Municipal District of Cowra reduced Area Bill Committee No.81 Nov 190416 Nov 190416days19th (1901 - 1904)
Murrumbidgee Northern Water Supply and Irrigation Bill Committee No.811 Jul 19057 Sep 19051mth 28days20th (1904 - 1907)
Claim of Mr F.E Stowe; Electric Tram, Darling Street, Balmain Committee No.183 Oct 190522 Nov 19051mth 20days20th (1904 - 1907)
Newcastle Iron and Steel Works Bill Committee No.1110 Oct 191231 Oct 191222days22nd (1910 - 1913)

Political Party Activity

Freetrade, leader from April 1901 until September 1902; Liberal and Reformist.


Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1875


Qualifications, occupations and interests

Storekeeper. Educated at West Maitland Grammar. Worked for Maitland mercantile store and later became a partner. Journeyed to Tenterfield in 1869, where purchased Maryland Stores; and was appointed a postmaster in 1872, coroner from 1873 - 1876; retired in 1884; purchased a pastoral property. President of the Tenterfield Hospital Board and School of the Arts. Member of Farmers and Settlers Association. Commissioner of Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1888. Trustee of National Park in 1891; coroner at Tenterfield from 1873 until 1876


Local Government Activity

Alderman of Tenterfield from 1872 until 1876, Mayor 1875 until 1876.


Personal

Son of Benjamin Lee, publican and landowner, and Lucy Ann Poulton. Married Clara Jane Tinsdale in 1864 and had issue, 4 daughters and 6 sons. Church of England.


Additional Information



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