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Mr Claude Hilton BUSHELL (1873 - 1930)

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Date of Birth: 25/06/1873
Place of Birth: Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 06/12/1930
Place of Death: Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Lyndhurst 24 Mar 1917 18 Feb 1920 2 years 10 months 26 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 24 Mar 1917 18 Feb 1920 2 years 10 months 26 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Storekeeper. Educated at Richmond public school; commercial traveller; storekeeper at Cobar; then Mandurama and for a time at Wagga Wagga before returning to Mandurama; opened a store in Parkes c.1919. Member of Parkes Chamber of Commerce, and Parents and Citizens Association; Freemason.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of David Bushell, farmer, and Izeppa Winton. Married (1) May Pellett in c.1900 at Muswellbrook and had issue 4 daughters. Married (2) Janet Baker in c.1928. Church of England. Parkes Cemetery from St George's Church of England.
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.