Date of Birth: 02/05/1862
Place of Birth: England
Date of Death: 06/06/1953
Place of Death: Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Maitland Electric Light Bill Committee No.8 |
05 Aug 1891 |
14 Oct 1891 |
2 months 10 days |
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| Member for Upper Hunter |
24 Jun 1891 |
25 Jun 1894 |
3 years 2 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
24 Jun 1891 |
25 Jun 1894 |
3 years 2 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Shearer and union official. Arrived in Victoria in 1870. Drover between Queensland and Victoria. Went to Western Australia, speculated and lost everything. Worked passage back to Melbourne. Did fencing, tank sinking and shearing. Connected with Shearers' Union from inception; secretary of the Scone branch in 1891. Travelling agent for Australian Shearers' Union. Helped to form the Labor Leagues in Hunter River district in 1891; refused the pledge.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Thomas Williams and his wife Mary. Married at the Wesleyan Church, Hay, New South Wales, on 9 February 1889 to Rosina (Rosinia) Victoria Beaudoin, daughter of Jean Baptiste Beaudoin and his wife Sarah Saunders, of Dunolly, Victoria and had issue, 7 daughters and 1 son; 2 daughters died in infancy.
