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Mr David WATKINS (1865 - 1935)

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Date of Birth: 05/05/1865
Place of Birth: Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 08/04/1935
Place of Death: Waratah, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Racing Association Bill Committee No.23 18 Sep 1900 01 Dec 1900 2 months 14 days Chairman
Stanford Coal-mine Railway Bill Committee No.14 25 Oct 1899 23 Dec 1899 1 month 29 days
Claims of Mr. W. Birthrey, Road Contracts, Gloucester Committee No. 19 22 Nov 1898 23 Dec 1898 1 month 2 days
Accidents in Mines Committee No. 13 11 Oct 1898 23 Dec 1898 2 months 13 days
Member for Wallsend 27 Jul 1898 11 Jun 1901 2 years 10 months 16 days
Selection made by James Connelly, at Tamworth Committee No.35 20 Oct 1896 11 Nov 1896 23 days
Maitland Gaslight Act Amendment Bill Committee No.32 14 Oct 1896 27 Oct 1896 14 days
Member for Wallsend 24 Jul 1895 08 Jul 1898 2 years 11 months 15 days
Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Works. Committee No. 14 11 Dec 1894 05 Jul 1895 6 months 25 days
Member for Wallsend 17 Jul 1894 05 Jul 1895 11 months 19 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 17 Jul 1894 11 Jun 1901 6 years 10 months 26 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Coalminer. Educated to primary school. Worked all of his mining life in Wallsend Colliery, and for 2 years as a water bailer and 'doer of general tasks', then for 12 years hewing coal; while performing the latter job was a secretary of Wallsend Lodge, Miners' Union from 1891 until 1894. President of New South Wales branch of the Australasian Labor Federation in 1897. After election to federal parliament was Chairman of parliamentary delegations to Papua in 1911 and to the Imperial Parliamentary Association in London in 1916.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Newcastle 1901 - 1935.
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of John Watkins and his wife Mary Ann Hopkins. Married Marion Alice (date unknown) and had issue, 3 daughters and 5 sons.
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.