Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member for Albury | Tue 17 July 1894 | Fri 05 July 1895 | 11 months 19 days | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 | Wed 31 August 1892 | Wed 31 August 1892 | 1 day | |
| Wagga Wagga School of Arts Enabling Bill Committee No.24 | Thu 26 November 1891 | Wed 09 December 1891 | 14 days | |
| Conditional Purchase made by Anne Nash O’Brien, at Corowa Committee No.21 | Wed 16 September 1891 | Tue 15 March 1892 | 6 months | |
| Albury Mechanics Institute Enabling Bill Committee No.6 | Thu 30 July 1891 | Thu 06 August 1891 | 8 days | Chairman |
| Member for Albury | Fri 19 June 1891 | Mon 25 June 1894 | 3 years 7 days | |
| Ryan’s Conditional Purchases at Wagga Wagga Committee No.17 | Tue 03 June 1890 | Thu 18 December 1890 | 6 months 16 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Sat 02 February 1889 | Fri 05 July 1895 | 6 years 5 months 4 days | |
| Member for Albury | Sat 02 February 1889 | Sat 06 June 1891 | 2 years 4 months 5 days |
Biography
Local Government activity
Mayor in 1896
Personal information
Son of Dr Henry Wilkinson, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, medical practitioner of London.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (solicitor). Arrived in Sydney as a boy in a ship of which father was a doctor. Father practised in Bathurst, Lambing Flat, Albury and Sale, where he died in 1865. Family returned to Albury where school was attended. Articled to Joseph Dwyer and admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales and Victoria in 1881. Spent 2-3 years with a leading Sydney firm then practised in Albury; in 1889 was senior partner in firm Wilkinson & Wilkinson. In 1889 was president of the Albury branch of the Australian Natives Association, vice president of Albury Mechanics Institute.
Military service
First and only captain of Albury Reserve Corps, Volunteer Infantry in 1888. After reorganisation of the defence forces in 1889, commanded H. Company., 1st Regiment of Volunteer Infantry; When forces further developed under federal plan, commanded No. 4 battery, Australia Field Artillery and was later was a Colonel.