Date of Birth: 01/01/1820
Place of Birth: Ireland
Date of Death: 30/09/1879
Place of Death: Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Maitland Gas-light Company’s Bill Committee No.26 |
17 Feb 1874 |
24 Feb 1874 |
8 days |
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| Member for Morpeth |
20 Feb 1872 |
28 Nov 1874 |
2 years 9 months 9 days |
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| Petition of John Fuller Foster Committee No.12 |
04 Nov 1870 |
07 Dec 1870 |
1 month 4 days |
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| Mr Alexander Walker Scott – Land taken by Hunter River Railway Committee No.9 |
18 Feb 1870 |
29 Mar 1870 |
1 month 12 days |
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| Member for Morpeth |
17 Dec 1869 |
03 Feb 1872 |
2 years 1 month 18 days |
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| Mr Alexander Walker Scott – Land taken by Hunter River Railway Committee No.5 |
01 Oct 1869 |
11 Nov 1869 |
1 month 12 days |
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| Rev. Denis McGuinn, late R.C.C at Carcour Committee No.13 |
09 Feb 1869 |
11 Mar 1869 |
1 month 3 days |
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| Clifts Coal Properties Leasing Bill Committee No.9 |
15 Jan 1869 |
20 Jan 1869 |
6 days |
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| Reverend James White Committee No.22 |
16 Mar 1868 |
07 Apr 1868 |
23 days |
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| Sydney Common Improvement Act Amendment Bill Committee No.23 |
16 Mar 1868 |
18 Mar 1868 |
3 days |
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| West Maitland Water Supply and Embankment Bill Committee No.20 |
14 Jan 1868 |
16 Jan 1868 |
3 days |
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| City of Newcastle Gas and Coke Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.21 |
22 Nov 1866 |
29 Nov 1866 |
8 days |
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| Presbyterian Church Bill Committee No.7 |
14 Mar 1865 |
24 Mar 1865 |
11 days |
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| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 |
27 Jan 1865 |
27 Jan 1865 |
1 day |
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| Member for Morpeth |
13 Dec 1864 |
15 Nov 1869 |
4 years 11 months 3 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
13 Dec 1864 |
28 Nov 1874 |
9 years 11 months 16 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Merchant. Arrived in Morpeth, New South Wales in 1845 and set up as a merchant storekeeper. Moved to Sydney in around 1858 - 1859 where he became a business partner in the merchant house of Keele, Campbell and Company. In 1862, he held one hundred shares in the Maitland and Morpeth Railway Company. Was a merchant when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of David, a farmer, and Dorothy Campbell. Married Eliza Jane Nunn on the Isle of Man and had issue 1 child. Episcopalian.
Additional Information
References:
Sydney Morning Herald, 4 October 1879;
New South Wales. Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 1861-62,
volume two, pp223, 505;
The Biographical Register and other material in the offices of the Australian
Dictionary of Biography.
