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Mr John Henry WANT, Q.C (1846 - 1905)

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Date of Birth: 04/05/1846
Place of Birth: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 22/11/1905
Place of Death: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Attorney General 18 Jun 1898 18 Apr 1899 10 months 1 day
Attorney General 18 Dec 1894 04 Apr 1898 3 years 3 months 18 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 18 Dec 1894 22 Nov 1905 10 years 11 months 5 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 18 December 1894
Standing Orders Committee No.3 23 Jan 1894 05 Jun 1894 4 months 14 days
Standing Orders Committee No.3 27 Sep 1893 08 Dec 1893 2 months 12 days
Standing Orders Committee No.5 05 Oct 1892 18 Oct 1893 1 year 14 days
Broken Hill Water Supply Act Amendment Bill Committee No.32 01 Feb 1892 17 Feb 1892 17 days
Whaling Road, North Sydney Committee No.29 21 Dec 1891 17 Mar 1892 2 months 26 days
Application for a Free Pass made by Mr Black, MP Committee No.27 17 Dec 1891 21 Mar 1891 0 days
Yongaleatha Marble, Flag and Flux Company Bill Committee No.17 01 Sep 1891 03 Sep 1891 3 days Chairman
Standing Orders Committee No.2 28 Jul 1891 01 Apr 1892 8 months 5 days
Member for Paddington 17 Jun 1891 25 Jun 1894 3 years 9 days
Standing Orders Committee No.2 26 May 1891 02 Jun 1891 8 days
Standing Orders Committee No.3 30 Apr 1890 03 Dec 1890 7 months 4 days
Standing Orders Committee No.3 27 Nov 1889 21 Dec 1889 25 days
Warwick Farm Railway Bill Committee No.17 11 Jun 1889 25 Jun 1889 15 days
Windsor Gaslight Company (Limited) Act Amendment Bill Committee No.15 04 Jun 1889 14 Jun 1889 11 days
Standing Orders Committee No.4 03 Apr 1889 16 May 1889 1 month 14 days
Member for Paddington 02 Feb 1889 06 Jun 1891 2 years 4 months 5 days
Standing Orders Committee No.2 24 Oct 1888 27 Jan 1889 3 months 4 days
Standing Orders Committee No.2 21 Sep 1887 29 May 1888 8 months 9 days
Standing Orders Committee No.3 15 Mar 1887 06 Apr 1887 23 days
Member for Gundagai 16 Feb 1887 19 Jan 1889 1 year 11 months 4 days
Settled Estates Bill Committee No.39 14 May 1886 03 Sep 1886 3 months 21 days
Sydney Corporation Act Amendment Bill Committee No.38 14 May 1886 14 May 1886 1 day
Member for Gundagai 08 Mar 1886 26 Jan 1887 10 months 19 days
Attorney General 26 Feb 1886 19 Jan 1887 10 months 25 days
Member for Gundagai 22 Oct 1885 02 Mar 1886 4 months 9 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 22 Oct 1885 25 Jun 1894 8 years 8 months 4 days
Attorney General 07 Oct 1885 21 Dec 1885 2 months 15 days
Political Party Activity
Freetrade and Independent
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (barrister). Educated at Sydney and Caen, Normandy. Entered father's office. Gained pastoral experience in Queensland. Worked in Hartley shale and oil mines which his father part owned. Read law with (Sir) Frederick Darley. Called to Bar in 1869, became a leading advocate. Commissioner of International Exhibitions in 1883, 1884, 1887 and 1888. Commissioner of Centennial Celebrations in 1888. President of Colonists Anti-Convention Bill League; resigned briefly. As Attorney General opposed Federation in 1898. Member of Fisheries Board. Trustee of National Park. Returned from Japan in 1889; visited Egypt and Britain from 1898 until 1899 and Britain again in 1903. Member of Union Club.
Military Service
Honours Received
Queens Council (QC) 1887
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Randolph John Want, a Member of the Legislative Council 1856 - 1861, and Harriette Lister. Married (1) Mary Prince. Married (2) Nina Carlyle Everest on 14 January 1899. Two step daughters. Church of England. Funeral at Waverley cemetery with Church of England rites.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12

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