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Mr John MCNAMARA

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Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 20 Aug 1856 27 Aug 1859 3 years 8 days First (Quinquennial) Appointments under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 30 July 1856.
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Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Merchant. In 1850 was desribed as a merchant and shipowner leasing Old Queens Wharf, Sydney, as well as toll gate, In 1853 advertised warehouses for free and binded goods on McNamaras Wharf. By 1858 had taken son into partnership as McNamara, Son & Co.
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Personal
Dates of birth and death are not known.
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.