Mr (John) John Findlater Clements (1819 - 1884)

Date of birth:

Fri 01 January 1819

Place of birth:

Balbriggan, Ireland

Date of death:

Tue 02 September 1884

Place of death:

Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary activity

Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.

Positions
PositionStartEndPeriodNotes
West Maitland Church Land Sale Bill Committee No.16 Thu 25 October 1860Fri 09 November 186016 days
Petition of Mrs Mary Jones Committee No.6 Tue 02 October 1860Sat 10 November 18601 month 9 days
Penrith Nepean Bridge Re-construction Bill Committee No.43 Thu 07 June 1860Wed 04 July 186028 days
Town Hall Site Exchange Bill Committee No.42 Fri 04 May 1860Wed 04 July 18602 months 1 day
Cases of Charles Skerrett Committee No.32 Fri 03 February 1860Wed 04 July 18605 months 2 days
Petition of Mrs Mary Jones Committee No.31 Fri 03 February 1860Wed 04 July 18605 months 2 days
Condition of the Bathurst Road Committee No.27 Fri 09 December 1859Wed 04 July 18606 months 26 days
Case of Charles Wentworth Bucknell Committee No.17 Fri 23 September 1859Wed 04 July 18609 months 12 days
Church and School Lands Committee No.15 Tue 20 September 1859Wed 04 July 18609 months 15 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly Thu 09 June 1859Sat 10 November 18601 year 5 months 2 days
Member for Bathurst Thu 09 June 1859Sat 10 November 18601 year 5 months 2 days
Biography

Personal information

Son of Hanbury Clements, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and his wife Margaret Ingham. Married Charlotte Palmer on 8 March 1865 in Bathurst, New South Wales and had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Church of England.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Pastoralist. Arrived in New South Wales around 1833. By 1859, he was a squatter with eight stations totalling 162,000 acres in the Lachlan district. Was a pastoralist when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly. At his death, he was described as a stock and station agent.

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