Mr Louis Francis HEYDON (1848 - 1918)

Date of Birth: 22/04/1848
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 17/05/1918
Place of Death: Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	10 Jan 1882	29 Nov 1886	4yr(s) 10mth(s) 20day(s)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	27 Feb 1889	17 May 1918	29yr(s) 2mth(s) 21day(s)		Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 22 February 1889
Member for Yass Plains	10 Jan 1882	23 Nov 1882	10mth(s) 14day(s)	10th (1880 - 1882)
Member for Yass Plains	6 Dec 1882	7 Oct 1885	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 2day(s)	11th (1882 - 1885)
Member for Yass Plains	19 Oct 1885	22 Dec 1885	2mth(s) 4day(s)	12th (1885 - 1887)
Member for Yass Plains	6 Jan 1886	29 Nov 1886	10mth(s) 24day(s)	12th (1885 - 1887)
Minister for Justice	22 Dec 1885	4 Feb 1886	1mth(s) 14day(s)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1	9 Oct 1883	9 Oct 1883	1day	11th (1882 - 1885)
Standing Orders Committee No.3	10 Oct 1883	1 Nov 1884	1yr 23days	11th (1882 - 1885)
The Case of Mark Duffy Committee No.22	28 Nov 1883	22 Jul 1884	7mths 25days	11th (1882 - 1885)
Burrowa Roman Catholic Church Land Sale Bill Committee No.32	29 Jan 1884	27 Mar 1884	1mth 28days	11th (1882 - 1885)
Cootamundry Roman Catholic Church Land Sale Bill Committee No.31	29 Jan 1884	27 Mar 1884	1mth 28days	11th (1882 - 1885)
Stirling’s Trusts Bill Committee No.51	5 Jun 1884	25 Jun 1884	21days	11th (1882 - 1885)
Standing Orders Committee No.2	19 Nov 1884	27 Nov 1884	9days	11th (1882 - 1885)
Standing Orders Committee No.2	17 Mar 1885	27 Mar 1885	11days	12th (1885 - 1887)
Randwick Cemetery Unused Land Sale Bill Committee No.8	25 Sep 1885	2 Oct 1885	8days	12th (1885 - 1887)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (Solicitor). Educated at St Mary's Cathedral School and Sydney Grammar School. Articled to E.G Ellis in 1868. Admitted as a solicitor in 1873. Practised in Bathurst from 1873 until 1881, then in Sydney; in 1916 until 1918 as Heydon & Heydon. Prominent Roman Catholic. President of St Joseph's Benefit Building Society in 1892 and of St Vincent de Paul Society in 1897. President of Land and Industrial Alliance 1885; of Citizens Referendum 6 o'clock Association 1916. Member of State Children Relief Board 1892 until 1918. Member of Shakespeare Society of New South Wales. Associated with Sydney School of Arts in youth. Committee member of United Charities movement; author in 1883.

Personal

Son of Jabez King Heydon, journeyman printer, and his wife Sophia Hayes. Married Mary Josephine Gell on 15 August 1881 at Lithgow and they had 1 daughter and 1 son. Roman Catholic. Buried in Field of Mars cemetery from Villa Maria Roman Catholic church, Hunters Hill. His brother, Charles Gilbert Heydon, was also a Member of the Legislative Council.

Additional Information

Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Louis Francis Heydon - papers, 1848 - 1885 (MLDOC 1402)

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