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Mr William John WILLIAMS (1856 - 1947)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1856
Place of Birth: Gwennop, Cornwall, England
Date of Death: 01/01/1947
Place of Death: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Inverell Gas, Coke, Coal, and Electric Lighting Company (Limited) Bill Committee No.15 17 Dec 1901 18 Dec 1901 2 days
Member for Alma 03 Jul 1901 16 Jul 1904 3 years 14 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 03 Jul 1901 16 Jul 1904 3 years 14 days
Political Party Activity
Independent Labor.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Painter. By trade was a house painter; arrived in New South Wales in c.1890, settled at Broken Hill, worked as a mill hand; became an auctioneer and agent at the time of election; Orangeman; Australian Protestant Defence Association
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Broken Hill 1899-1900
Personal
Married (unknown) and had issue, 1 son known. Primitive Methodist.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.