Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Names for Electorates, Federal Parliament Committee No.17 | Thu 16 August 1900 | Thu 30 August 1900 | 15 days | |
| Printing Committee No. 6 | Wed 20 June 1900 | Tue 04 December 1900 | 5 months 15 days | |
| Library Committee No.5 | Wed 20 June 1900 | Wed 28 November 1900 | 5 months 9 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.4 | Wed 20 June 1900 | Tue 24 July 1900 | 1 month 5 days | |
| Refreshment Committee No.3 | Wed 20 June 1900 | Wed 18 July 1900 | 29 days | |
| Case of James Cook and other employees of the Tramway Department Committee No. 23 | Wed 13 December 1899 | Wed 20 December 1899 | 8 days | |
| Member for Hume | Sat 30 September 1899 | Wed 20 March 1901 | 1 year 5 months 21 days | |
| Premier | Fri 15 September 1899 | Wed 20 March 1901 | 1 year 6 months 6 days | |
| Colonial Treasurer | Fri 15 September 1899 | Wed 20 March 1901 | 1 year 6 months 6 days | |
| Municipal District of Broken Hill Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.9 | Thu 10 August 1899 | Wed 16 August 1899 | 7 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.4 | Tue 08 August 1899 | Sat 23 December 1899 | 4 months 16 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 | Thu 13 April 1899 | Fri 21 April 1899 | 9 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.1 | Tue 21 February 1899 | Thu 30 March 1899 | 1 month 10 days | |
| Illawarra Harbour and Land Corporation Act Further Amendment Bill Committee No.22 | Fri 02 December 1898 | Tue 06 December 1898 | 5 days | |
| Claim of John Brennan against Roads Department Committee No 14 | Tue 11 October 1898 | Fri 23 December 1898 | 2 months 13 days | |
| Claim of John Sullivan, Harbours and Rivers Department Committee No. 8 | Tue 30 August 1898 | Fri 23 December 1898 | 3 months 24 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No. 3 | Thu 25 August 1898 | Fri 23 December 1898 | 3 months 29 days | |
| Member for Hume | Wed 27 July 1898 | Fri 15 September 1899 | 1 year 1 month 20 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No. 2 | Tue 28 June 1898 | Fri 08 July 1898 | 11 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 | Wed 28 April 1897 | Wed 18 August 1897 | 3 months 22 days | |
| Claim of John Brennan against Roads Department Committee No.27 | Tue 22 September 1896 | Mon 16 November 1896 | 1 month 26 days | |
| Evidence before the Civil Service Commission by Mr H.C.L Anderson Committee No.19 | Tue 28 July 1896 | Wed 11 November 1896 | 3 months 15 days | |
| City and North Sydney Railway Bill; Sydney and North Sydney Bridge and Tramway Bill. North Shore Bridge Bill Committee No.17 | Tue 21 July 1896 | Wed 21 October 1896 | 3 months 1 day | North Shore Bridge Bill Committee appointed on 13 August 1896 |
| City and North Sydney Railway Bill; Sydney and North Sydney Bridge and Tramway Bill. North Shore Bridge Bill Committee No.17 | Tue 21 July 1896 | Wed 21 October 1896 | 3 months 1 day | |
| North Shore Bridge Bill Committee No.13 | Wed 01 July 1896 | Tue 28 July 1896 | 28 days | |
| City and North Sydney Tunnel Roadway Bill Committee No.14 | Wed 01 July 1896 | Tue 14 July 1896 | 14 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 | Thu 14 May 1896 | Mon 16 November 1896 | 6 months 3 days | |
| City and North Sydney Railway Bill Committee No.16 | Thu 12 December 1895 | Thu 19 December 1895 | 8 days | |
| Illawarra Harbour and Land Corporation Act Amendment Bill Committee No.12 | Wed 09 October 1895 | Tue 22 October 1895 | 14 days | |
| Standing Orders. Committee No. 2 | Tue 20 August 1895 | Fri 08 July 1898 | 2 years 10 months 19 days | |
| Member for Hume | Wed 24 July 1895 | Fri 08 July 1898 | 2 years 11 months 15 days | |
| Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Works. Committee No. 14 | Tue 11 December 1894 | Fri 05 July 1895 | 6 months 25 days | |
| Member for Hume | Sat 17 November 1894 | Fri 05 July 1895 | 7 months 19 days | |
| Library Committee No. 3 | Wed 29 August 1894 | Fri 05 July 1895 | 10 months 8 days | |
| Mr Walsh’s Contract for Construction of Cooper’s Creek Bridge Committee No.11 | Tue 21 November 1893 | Fri 08 December 1893 | 18 days | |
| Menindie Irrigation Bill Committee No.21 | Thu 23 February 1893 | Wed 22 March 1893 | 1 month | |
| Simpson’s Railway Bill Committee No.12 | Wed 16 November 1892 | Wed 21 December 1892 | 1 month 6 days | |
| Menindie and Broken Hill Tramway Bill Committee.10 | Tue 18 October 1892 | Thu 10 November 1892 | 24 days | |
| Australasian Rights Purchase Bill Committee No.9 | Tue 11 October 1892 | Wed 16 November 1892 | 1 month 6 days | |
| Hillgrove and Armidale Water-power Electric Bill Committee No.4 | Wed 05 October 1892 | Tue 18 October 1892 | 14 days | |
| Deepwater and Mount Galena Tramway Bill Committee No.36 | Thu 24 March 1892 | Mon 28 March 1892 | 5 days | |
| Broken Hill Water Supply Act Amendment Bill Committee No.32 | Mon 01 February 1892 | Wed 17 February 1892 | 17 days | |
| Silkstone Coal-mine Railway Act Amending Bill Committee No.23 | Mon 23 November 1891 | Thu 26 November 1891 | 4 days | |
| Member for Hume | Wed 04 November 1891 | Mon 25 June 1894 | 2 years 7 months 22 days | |
| Secretary for Public Works | Fri 23 October 1891 | Thu 02 August 1894 | 2 years 9 months 11 days | |
| Willoughby and Gordon Tramway Act Amending Bill Committee No.13 | Tue 25 August 1891 | Tue 15 September 1891 | 22 days | |
| Member for Hume | Sat 20 June 1891 | Mon 26 October 1891 | 4 months 7 days | |
| Segenhoe Estate Irrigation Bill Committee No.8 | Wed 27 May 1891 | Tue 02 June 1891 | 7 days | |
| Conditional Purchase made by Maurice Bush, District Urana Committee No.46 | Tue 16 December 1890 | Sat 20 December 1890 | 5 days | |
| Segenhoe Estate Irrigation Bill Committee No.45 | Tue 16 December 1890 | Sat 20 December 1890 | 5 days | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 | Wed 30 April 1890 | Sat 20 December 1890 | 7 months 21 days | |
| Conditional Purchases of C.H Thatcher, Forbes Land District Committee No.6 | Wed 30 April 1890 | Tue 23 September 1890 | 4 months 25 days | |
| Agricultural Society of New South Wales Lease Bill Committee No.9 | Thu 05 December 1889 | Tue 10 December 1889 | 6 days | |
| Conditional Purchases of C.H Thatcher, Forbes Land District Committee No.8 | Tue 03 December 1889 | Tue 17 December 1889 | 15 days | |
| Conditional Purchase of Zachary Benn, Richmond River District Committee No.26 | Fri 19 July 1889 | Tue 30 July 1889 | 12 days | |
| Silverton Tramway Extension Bill Committee No.16 | Thu 06 June 1889 | Thu 10 October 1889 | 4 months 5 days | |
| New South Wales Tramway Company’s Bill Committee No.11 | Tue 30 April 1889 | Fri 17 May 1889 | 18 days | |
| Conditional Purchases made upon Barratta Run Committee No.3 | Tue 02 April 1889 | Wed 04 September 1889 | 5 months 3 days | |
| Member for Hume | Mon 28 January 1889 | Sat 06 June 1891 | 2 years 4 months 10 days | |
| Secretary for Lands | Thu 17 January 1889 | Thu 07 March 1889 | 1 month 19 days | |
| Teralba Coal mining Reserve Committee No.59 | Fri 08 June 1888 | Tue 24 July 1888 | 1 month 17 days | |
| Contract for the Bridge over the Paterson River Committee No.56 | Tue 24 April 1888 | Tue 24 July 1888 | 3 months 1 day | |
| Silverton Tramway Act Amending Bill Committee No.45 | Wed 29 February 1888 | Thu 22 March 1888 | 23 days | |
| Oakey Park Coal mining Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.42 | Fri 10 February 1888 | Tue 27 March 1888 | 1 month 18 days | |
| Sydney Hydraulic Power Company’s Bill Committee No.43 | Fri 10 February 1888 | Thu 22 March 1888 | 1 month 13 days | |
| Removal of Railway Engine-sheds from Dubbo to Wellington Committee No.35 | Fri 16 December 1887 | Tue 24 July 1888 | 7 months 9 days | |
| Petition of George Matcham Pitt, junior Committee No.33 | Fri 16 December 1887 | Thu 26 April 1888 | 4 months 11 days | |
| Combination Trucks Committee No.25 | Tue 08 November 1887 | Fri 20 July 1888 | 8 months 13 days | |
| Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales Incorporation Bill Committee No.8 | Wed 28 September 1887 | Tue 18 October 1887 | 21 days | |
| North Shore Boroughs Wharves Bill Committee No.7 | Tue 27 September 1887 | Thu 17 May 1888 | 7 months 21 days | |
| Claim of Mrs Butterley Committee No.5 | Wed 21 September 1887 | Sat 12 November 1887 | 1 month 23 days | |
| North Shore Boroughs Wharves Bill Committee No.29 | Fri 24 June 1887 | Wed 13 July 1887 | 20 days | |
| Parliamentary Hansard Committee No.28 | Thu 09 June 1887 | Tue 12 July 1887 | 1 month 4 days | |
| Willoughby and Gordon Tramway Bill Committee No.25 | Thu 19 May 1887 | Wed 01 June 1887 | 14 days | Chairman |
| Albury Cattle Sale Yards Bill Committee No.20 | Tue 10 May 1887 | Thu 30 June 1887 | 1 month 21 days | |
| Railway Free Passes – Special Trains Committee No.10 | Tue 29 March 1887 | Wed 13 July 1887 | 3 months 15 days | |
| Tramway from Kogarah to Sans Souci Committee No.9 | Tue 22 March 1887 | Wed 13 July 1887 | 3 months 22 days | |
| Member for Hume | Wed 09 February 1887 | Sat 19 January 1889 | 1 year 11 months 11 days | |
| Silverton Tramway Bill Committee No.60 | Tue 10 August 1886 | Thu 26 August 1886 | 17 days | |
| Mr Henry Arthur Hough Committee No.47 | Fri 11 June 1886 | Thu 08 July 1886 | 28 days | |
| Bowenfels Coal mining and Copper Smelting Company’s Railway (Sale and Vesting) Bill Committee No.36 | Wed 05 May 1886 | Tue 06 July 1886 | 2 months 2 days | |
| Railway Free Passes – Special Trains Committee No.22 | Thu 25 March 1886 | Mon 25 October 1886 | 7 months 1 day | |
| Member for Hume | Mon 08 March 1886 | Wed 26 January 1887 | 10 months 19 days | |
| Secretary for Public Works | Fri 26 February 1886 | Wed 19 January 1887 | 10 months 25 days | |
| Balmain Tramway Bill Committee No.14 | Thu 28 January 1886 | Tue 09 February 1886 | 13 days | |
| Member for Hume | Sat 07 November 1885 | Tue 02 March 1886 | 3 months 24 days | |
| Secretary for Public Works | Mon 02 November 1885 | Mon 21 December 1885 | 1 month 20 days | |
| Member for Hume | Tue 13 October 1885 | Mon 02 November 1885 | 21 days | |
| Hay Gas Bill Committee No.22 | Thu 01 October 1885 | Fri 02 October 1885 | 2 days | |
| Randwick Church Land Sale Bill Committee No.16 | Tue 29 September 1885 | Fri 02 October 1885 | 4 days | |
| Conditional Purchase of Evan McIntosh Committee No.21 | Tue 29 September 1885 | Fri 02 October 1885 | 4 days | |
| Sisters of Charity Estate Bill Committee No.15 | Tue 29 September 1885 | Fri 02 October 1885 | 4 days | |
| Evan McIntosh’s Conditional Purchase Committee No.59 | Fri 15 August 1884 | Sat 01 November 1884 | 2 months 18 days | |
| Conditional Purchase on Miller’s Creek Run Committee No.49 | Wed 21 May 1884 | Sat 01 November 1884 | 5 months 12 days | |
| O’Doud’s Estate Leasing Bill Committee No.48 | Thu 08 May 1884 | Fri 06 June 1884 | 30 days | |
| Petition of Captain Armstrong Committee No.47 | Tue 06 May 1884 | Wed 30 July 1884 | 2 months 25 days | |
| McIlveen and Clift’s Conditional Purchase Committee No.26 | Tue 18 December 1883 | Wed 29 October 1884 | 10 months 12 days | |
| Monk-Wearmouth Colliery Railway Bill Committee No.25 | Tue 18 December 1883 | Fri 15 February 1884 | 1 month 29 days | |
| Ryan’s Conditional Purchases at Wagga Wagga Committee No.21 | Wed 28 November 1883 | Wed 09 April 1884 | 4 months 13 days | |
| Tamworth Cattle Sale-yards Bill Committee No.20 | Wed 28 November 1883 | Wed 09 April 1884 | 4 months 13 days | |
| Albury Gas Company’s Bill Committee No.13 | Wed 28 February 1883 | Tue 06 March 1883 | 7 days | |
| The Case of Captain Armstrong Committee No.11 | Fri 16 February 1883 | Wed 25 April 1883 | 2 months 10 days | |
| Member for Hume | Thu 07 December 1882 | Wed 07 October 1885 | 2 years 10 months 1 day | |
| Albury Gas Company’s Bill Committee No.14 | Tue 24 October 1882 | Fri 03 November 1882 | 11 days | |
| Roger’s Estate Bill Committee No.11 | Fri 22 July 1881 | Wed 31 August 1881 | 1 month 10 days | |
| Transfer of Land at North Shore to John William Haynes Committee No.20 | Thu 24 March 1881 | Tue 05 April 1881 | 13 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assemble | Mon 29 November 1880 | Wed 20 March 1901 | 20 years 3 months 21 days | |
| Member for Hume | Mon 29 November 1880 | Thu 23 November 1882 | 1 year 11 months 27 days |
Biography
Community activity
Became Rector's Warden of All Saints Church for nine years and Captain of the local cricket club. member of the committee of the Albury and Border Pastoral Agricultural and Horticultural Society and officiated at local races. Became chairman of the Albury district's sheep directors and his Lincoln rams won prizes at the 1978 show.
Honours Received
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1900.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Hume 1901 - 1913.
Personal information
Son of John Lyne, farmer, and Lillias Cross Carmichael Hume. Married (1) Martha Coates Shaw on 27 June 1870 and had issue 1 son and 3 daughters. Married (2) Sarah Jane Holden in June 1912 Sydney, and had issue l daughter. Buried in South Head cemetery with Anglican rites.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Educated at Horton College, Ross, and privately tutored. Travelled to North Queensland in 1864, engaging in pastoral pursuits in the Gulf Country; Returned to Tasmania and became council clerk at Glamorgan 1865 until 1875 when he moved to New South Wales. Pastoralist at Camberoona, near Albury, from 1875. Moved to Sydney about 1887 and had a residence at Katoomba and later lived at North Sydney. Member Federal Convention 1897; participated in the Colonial Conference and Navigation Conference, London 1907.
Additional information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10 Biography and portrait in ‘Australian Men of Mark’, Volume 1. Sydney, [?1889] , page 233 Ken Turner and Michael Hogan (editors), The Worldly Art of Politics, Sydney, Federation Press, 2006 (Chapter 5: "Sir William Lyne: In his electorate", by Sir Joseph Carruthers, page 53) Parliamentary Archives Photograph Collection PA Picture Description Series No. Series Title 136. LA:67 Group portrait of members of the Legislative Assembly 1895. Supplement to the 'Sydney Mail', Saturday April 13, 1895 PRS 123. LA: 15 Legislative Assembly, Composite Portraits of Members of the Legislative Assembly 282. LA William John Lyne PRS 126. LA: 13 Legislative Assembly, Portraits of Premiers of New South Wales, 1856 - to date 309. LA The Government and Legislative Assembly of NSW 1901 when the Commonwealth of Australia Established 123. LA:3 Legislative Assembly, Composite Portraits of Members of the Legislative Assembly 316. LA Miniature of the above 651. LA Anniversary of Responsible Government with Premiers since 1856. 'Evening News', 21 May 1923 126. LA:53 Legislative Assembly, Portraits of the Premiers of NSW, 1856 - to date 867. LA William John Lyne 125. LA:125 Legislative Assembly, Portraits of Members of the Legislative Assembly, 868. LA William John Lyne 125. LA:126 Legislative Assembly, Portraits of Members of the Legislative Assembly, 1354. LA- Copy of 651. LA, above 126. LA:54 Legislative Assembly, Portraits of the Premiers of NSW, 1856 - to date 3232. LA: 29 Members of the Legislative Assembly in 1880 [from 'First LA elected under New Electorate Act of 1880'] 123. LA:16 Legislative Assembly, Composite Portraits of Members of the Legislative Assembly (copy print, was to have been cut-up and used in albums PRS 111. LA) 4552. L 'First Legislative Assembly of NSW Elected under New Electoral Act of 1880' Miniature composite. Freeman & Co. Sydney [Copy 1] PRS 268. L Parliamentary Library, Main series of correspondence, 1915 (Picture extracted from this series) 4584. LA 'First Legislative Assembly of NSW Elected under New Electorate Act of 1880' Miniature composite. Freeman & Co. Sydney [Copy 2] 123. LA:17 Legislative Assembly, Composite Portraits of Members of the Legislative Assembly 4695. LA W. J. Lyne, Premier of NSW 126. LA:65 Legislative Assembly, Portraits of the Premiers of NSW, 1856 - to date