Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vice President of Executive Council | Tue 07 August 1894 | Fri 15 March 1895 | 7 months 9 days | |
| Vice President of Executive Council | Tue 30 April 1889 | Thu 22 October 1891 | 2 years 5 months 23 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Wed 15 December 1880 | Wed 10 October 1900 | 19 years 9 months 26 days | Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 10 December 1880 |
| Chippendale Roman Catholic Church Land Sale Bill Committee No.25 | Fri 21 March 1879 | Wed 02 April 1879 | 13 days | |
| Orange Town Hall Sale Bill Committee No.22 | Fri 31 January 1879 | Thu 24 July 1879 | 5 months 27 days | |
| Petition of Mr E.W Rudder Committee No.18 | Tue 12 November 1878 | Thu 24 July 1879 | 8 months 13 days | |
| Mineral Selection at Mitchell’s Creek Committee No.15 | Tue 26 February 1878 | Fri 05 April 1878 | 1 month 11 days | |
| Mineral selection at Mitchell’s Creek Committee No.12 | Tue 12 February 1878 | Wed 08 May 1878 | 2 months 27 days | |
| Member for East Macquarie | Fri 28 December 1877 | Wed 23 July 1879 | 1 year 6 months 26 days | |
| Secretary for Mines | Tue 18 December 1877 | Fri 20 December 1878 | 1 year 3 days | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 | Fri 30 November 1877 | Thu 31 January 1878 | 2 months 2 days | |
| Member for East Macquarie | Mon 05 November 1877 | Tue 18 December 1877 | 1 month 14 days | |
| Disputed Mining Lease, Hawkins Hill Committee No.20 | Tue 19 June 1877 | Thu 11 October 1877 | 3 months 23 days | |
| Throsby’s Leasing Act Amendment Bill Committee No.16 | Fri 09 February 1877 | Fri 16 February 1877 | 8 days | |
| Sydney Common Improvement Act Amendment Bill Committee No.15 | Tue 06 February 1877 | Thu 22 February 1877 | 17 days | |
| Orange Cattle Sale Yards Bill Committee No.14 | Fri 02 February 1877 | Thu 01 March 1877 | 1 month | |
| Bathurst and Grafton and Armidale Lands Transfer Bill Committee No.13 | Tue 30 January 1877 | Thu 22 February 1877 | 24 days | |
| Orange Gas-Light Bill Committee No.11 | Thu 21 December 1876 | Thu 11 January 1877 | 22 days | |
| Condition of the Aborigines Committee No.7 | Tue 19 December 1876 | Thu 11 October 1877 | 9 months 23 days | |
| The Bassett Darley Estates Bill Committee No.9 | Tue 19 December 1876 | Thu 26 July 1877 | 7 months 8 days | |
| Claim of William Henry Baron Committee No.8 | Tue 19 December 1876 | Thu 26 July 1877 | 7 months 8 days | |
| Employment of Children Committee No.6 | Tue 19 December 1876 | Wed 09 May 1877 | 4 months 21 days | Chairman |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.10 | Thu 14 December 1876 | Thu 11 October 1877 | 9 months 28 days | |
| Nevell’s Leasing Bill Committee No.23 | Tue 25 April 1876 | Fri 28 April 1876 | 4 days | |
| Bathurst Hospital Bill Committee No.19 | Wed 15 March 1876 | Sat 18 March 1876 | 4 days | |
| Common Lodging Houses Committee No.18 | Tue 14 March 1876 | Tue 01 August 1876 | 4 months 19 days | |
| Bathurst Markets Amendment Bill Committee No.17 | Tue 07 March 1876 | Fri 17 March 1876 | 11 days | |
| Road through Messrs Badgery’s Land Committee No.13 | Tue 08 February 1876 | Thu 29 June 1876 | 4 months 22 days | |
| Bathurst Presbyterian Church Trustees Enabling Bill Committee No.12 | Thu 20 January 1876 | Thu 02 March 1876 | 1 month 12 days | |
| Employment of Children Committee No.9 | Tue 14 December 1875 | Thu 03 August 1876 | 7 months 21 days | Chairman |
| Diseases affecting Live Stock Committee No.7 | Fri 26 November 1875 | Thu 13 July 1876 | 7 months 18 days | |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | Tue 16 November 1875 | Wed 11 August 1875 | ||
| Diseases affecting Live Stock Committee No.19 | Thu 15 July 1875 | Wed 11 August 1875 | 28 days | |
| Blakefield v. Shields Committee No.18 | Tue 13 July 1875 | Wed 04 August 1875 | 23 days | |
| Petition of Messrs. Blomfield and Munford Committee No.9 | Tue 20 April 1875 | Wed 11 August 1875 | 3 months 23 days | |
| Waratah Coal Company’s Bill Committee No.6 | Fri 02 April 1875 | Tue 13 April 1875 | 12 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Tue 05 January 1875 | Wed 23 July 1879 | 4 years 6 months 19 days | |
| Member for East Macquarie | Tue 05 January 1875 | Fri 12 October 1877 | 2 years 9 months 8 days | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.5 | Tue 14 November 1871 | Thu 01 February 1872 | 2 months 19 days | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.5 | Thu 11 August 1870 | Thu 03 November 1870 | 2 months 24 days |
Biography
Personal information
Son of William Henry (senior) and Charlotte Augusta Ann Francis. Married Adelaide Agnes Henrietta Bowler in March 1862 at Adelaide and had issue, 6 daughters and 1 son. Church of England.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Educated at Parramatta under Dr Woolls. At age 16 managed father's runs; partner with father by 1865, also occupying 64,000 acres in Albert district which sold in 1880s after trouble with selectors; bred sheep at Curranyalpa, and other runs on the Darling River. Also was a partner in pastoral ventures with brother Walter. By 1892 all runs were mortgaged to Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. Founding President of Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales for some months. Until 1891 was the trustee of Bathurst Hospital. President of Bathurst Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Association. Captain in reserve rifle company. President of Bathurst Mechanics School of Arts. Member of Public School Board. Warden of Holy Trinity Church, Kelso. Member of Anglican Diocesan Council. Member of Federal Convention in 1891.
Additional information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, p. 229
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales:
William Henry Suttor - A. L. S (3) to E. B. L Dickens, 1872 and 1874 (MLDOC 1002).
Biography and portrait in ‘Australian Men of Mark’, Volume 1. Sydney, [?1889] ,
page 28