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Mr Ernest Clement Vernon BROUGHTON (1865 - 1917)
Date of Birth: 29/01/1865
Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date of Death: 15/08/1917
Place of Death: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly
03 Jul 1901
14 Sep 1910
9 years 2 months 12 days
Member for Sydney-King
03 Jul 1901
16 Jul 1904
3 years 14 days
Member for King
06 Aug 1904
19 Aug 1907
3 years 14 days
Member for King
10 Sep 1907
14 Sep 1910
3 years 5 days
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1
28 May 1902
28 May 1902
1 day
Municipal District of Cowra reduced Area Bill Committee No.8
01 Nov 1904
16 Nov 1904
16 days
Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Bill Committee No.11
08 Aug 1905
08 Aug 1905
1 day
Claim of Robert Roberts, late Bookbinder, Registrar-General’s Department Committee No.16
12 Sep 1905
25 Oct 1905
1 month 14 days
Chairman
Bread (Amendment) Bill Committee No.17
19 Sep 1905
28 Nov 1905
2 months 10 days
Chairman
Sale of Articles manufactured in New South Wales Committee No.19
03 Oct 1905
29 Nov 1905
1 month 27 days
Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1
26 Jun 1906
26 Jun 1906
1 day
Bread (Amendment) Act Committee No.12
11 Oct 1906
07 Dec 1906
1 month 27 days
Chairman
Library Committee No.3
24 Oct 1907
20 Dec 1907
1 month 27 days
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1
10 Mar 1908
10 Mar 1908
1 day
Library Committee No.3
13 Mar 1908
11 Apr 1908
30 days
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1
21 Jul 1908
21 Jul 1908
1 day
Library Committee No.4
05 Aug 1908
19 Dec 1908
4 months 15 days
Claim of Robert Roberts late bookbinder in the Registrar’s General’s Department Committee No.8
24 Aug 1909
15 Sep 1909
23 days
Chairman
Library Committee No.4
14 Jul 1909
17 Dec 1909
5 months 4 days
Library Committee No.4
28 Jun 1910
20 Aug 1910
1 month 24 days
Library Committee No.4
28 Jun 1910
20 Aug 1910
1 month 24 days
Political Party Activity
Progressive. Liberal Party.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1896
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Estate agent. Arrived in New South Wales in 1882; began as an estate agent in city with brother c.1884, on own from 1887. Honorary secretary of the School of the Arts Debating Society; honorary treasurer of the Queen Victoria Memorial Fund associated with Prince Alfred Hospital; director of Sydney Hospital from 1907 until 1917; treasurer of Surgical Aid Society; committee member of the Fresh Air League; member of Australian Protestant Defence Association; vice president of the Pioneers Club in 1885; helped to found British Empire League in Sydney.
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Local Government Activity
Alderman of Ashfield Municipal Council. Mayor in 1901 - 1902.
Personal
Second son of Alfred Delves Broughton, squatter, Drayton, Queensland and Clemence Fattorini. Married Amelia Lockyer Newcombe. Church of England. Buried in Randwick Cemetery with Church of England rites.
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