Mr Samuel Deane GORDON (1811 - 1882)**

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 7 Apr 1856 10 Nov 1860 4yr(s) 7mth(s) 4day(s) Member of the NSW Legislative Council 3 Sep 1861 24 Jul 1882 20yr(s) 10mth(s) 22day(s) Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 2 September 1861. Member for Durham 7 Apr 1856 19 Dec 1857 1yr(s) 8mth(s) 13day(s) 1st (1856 - 1857) Member for Durham 5 Feb 1858 11 Apr 1859 1yr(s) 2mth(s) 7day(s) 2nd (1858 - 1859) Member for Illawarra 28 Oct 1859 10 Nov 1860 1yr(s) 14day(s) 3rd (1859 - 1860) City Commissioners’ Department Committee No.7 12 Aug 1856 18 Mar 1857 7mths 7days 1st (1856 - 1857) Australian Trust Company’s Bill Committee No.13 19 Sep 1856 18 Mar 1857 5mths 28days 1st (1856 - 1857) Customs Department Committee No.15 31 Oct 1856 18 Mar 1857 4mths 16days 1st (1856 - 1857) Liverpool and London Fire and Life Assurance Company’s Bill Committee No.21 18 Nov 1856 18 Mar 1857 4mths 1day 1st (1856 - 1857) Australian General Assurance Company’s Bill Committee No.23 19 Nov 1856 18 Mar 1857 3mths 28days 1st (1856 - 1857) Railway Terminus and Wharfs at Newcastle Committee No.25 9 Dec 1856 18 Mar 1857 3mths 10days 1st (1856 - 1857) Australian Mutual Provident Society’s Bill Committee No.26 12 Dec 1856 18 Mar 1857 3mths 7days 1st (1856 - 1857) Alluvial Lands of the Hunter Committee No.27 20 Feb 1857 18 Dec 1857 9mths 29days 1st (1856 - 1857) Audit of the Accounts of the Revenues Committee 12 Aug 1857 18 Dec 1857 4mths 7days 1st (1856 - 1857) Reclaiming Land, Woolloomooloo Bay Committee 25 Aug 1857 18 Dec 1857 3mths 24days 1st (1856 - 1857) Alluvial Lands of the Hunter Committee No.13 30 Oct 1857 18 Dec 1857 1mth 19days 1st (1856 - 1857) Burwood Tramroad Continuation Act Amendment Bill Committee No.14 30 Oct 1857 1857 1st (1856 - 1857) Late Shipwrecks, Port Jackson Committee No.11 30 Oct 1857 18 Dec 1857 1mth 19days 1st (1856 - 1857) Australian Agricultural Company’s Newcastle Railway Bill Committee No.12 30 Oct 1857 18 Dec 1857 1mth 19days 1st (1856 - 1857) Treasury Iron Chest and Accounts Committee No.17 17 Nov 1857 19 Dec 1857 1mth 3days 1st (1856 - 1857) Seizure of Gold Dust on board the “Ethereal” Committee No.18 4 Dec 1857 18 Dec 1857 15days 1st (1856 - 1857) Elections and Qualifications Committee No.7 26 Mar 1858 26 Nov 1858 8mths 1day 2nd (1858 - 1859) Treasury Iron Chest and Accounts Committee No.4 30 Mar 1858 26 Nov 1858 7mths 28days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Moreton Bay Judge’s Appointment Bill Committee No.6 31 Mar 1858 26 Nov 1858 7mths 27days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Alluvial Lands of the Hunter Committee No.10 16 Apr 1858 26 Nov 1858 7mths 11days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Customs Department Committee No.12 20 Apr 1858 26 Nov 1858 7mths 7days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Registration and Preservation of Records Committee No.13 23 Apr 1858 26 Nov 1858 7mths 4days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Australian Gas Light Company’s Bill Committee No.18 18 May 1858 26 Nov 1858 6mths 9days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Seizure of Gold on board the ‘Ethereal’ and ‘May Nicholson’ Committee No.21 15 Jun 1858 26 Nov 1858 5mths 12days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Proposed Presbyterian College (petition) from the Reverend John Dunmore Lang Committee No.26 13 Jul 1858 26 Nov 1858 4mths 14days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Chairman Railway to Morpeth Committee No.31 31 Aug 1858 26 Nov 1858 2mths 27days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Chairman Elections and Qualifications Committee No.4 9 Dec 1858 9 Apr 1859 4mths 1day 2nd (1858 - 1859) Railway to Morpeth Committee No.7 21 Dec 1858 9 Apr 1859 3mths 20days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Parliamentary Accommodation Committee No.10 17 Mar 1859 9 Apr 1859 24days 2nd (1858 - 1859) Retrenchment in the Public Expenditure Committee No.7 14 Sep 1859 4 Jul 1860 9mths 21days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Claims of Mr David Morris and others Committee No.11 20 Sep 1859 4 Jul 1860 9mths 15days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Working of the Sydney Municipal Council Committee No.12 20 Sep 1859 4 Jul 1860 9mths 15days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Pitt-street Tramway Bill Committee No.18 29 Sep 1859 4 Jul 1860 9mths 6days 3rd (1859 - 1860) St Andrew’s College Bill Committee No.24 14 Oct 1859 4 Jul 1860 8mths 21days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Condition of the Bathurst Road Committee No.27 9 Dec 1859 4 Jul 1860 6mths 26days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Fitz Roy Dry Dock Committee No.40 10 Apr 1860 4 Jul 1860 2mths 25days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Seizure of Opium per “Kate Hooper” Committee No.41 13 Apr 1860 4 Jul 1860 2mths 22days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Petition of Mr N.L Kentish Committee No.4 27 Sep 1860 9 Nov 1860 1mth 14days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Elections and Qualifications Committee No.7 28 Sep 1860 10 Nov 1860 1mth 14days 3rd (1859 - 1860) Audit of the Revenue Accounts Committee No.6 6 Aug 1956 18 Mar 1857 1st (1856 - 1857)

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1854. On committee of the Chamber of Commerce in 1867. Vice President of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales. Prominent Presbyterian. Founder and member of Council of St Andrews College; Vice president of Young Mens Christian Association.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Wine and Spirit Merchant and Company Director. Educated in private schools in Ireland. Arrived in Sydney in 1829 - 1830; worked 3 years in mercantile houses; entered trade between New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land 1833 and prospered. By 1840 had a large general store at Liverpool; At a later time became a winegrower. Sold Liverpool store in 1848, and moved to Sydney and set up as a wine and spirit merchant. In 1855 became a Director of Sydney Exchange Company. and English, Scottish and Australian Bank. squatter. Owned real estate in Sydney. Estate valued at £215,862.

Personal

Son of David Deane Gordon, farmer, and Mary Deane. Married (1) Eliza Dickson on 22 October 1839, East Maitland, and had issue. Married (2) Emily Fielding and had issue. Presbyterian.

Additional Information

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