Date of Birth: 26/03/1839
Place of Birth: Garrigill near Alston, Cumberland, England
Date of Death: 20/06/1897
Place of Death: Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Board’s Settlement Bill Committee No.14 |
29 Sep 1885 |
02 Oct 1885 |
4 days |
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| Balmain Tramway Bill Committee No.13 |
25 Sep 1885 |
01 Oct 1885 |
7 days |
Chairman |
| Library Committee No.6 |
24 Sep 1885 |
02 Oct 1885 |
9 days |
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| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 |
09 Sep 1885 |
09 Sep 1885 |
1 day |
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| Wallsend and Plattsburg Gas Company’s Bill Committee No.64 |
22 Oct 1884 |
29 Oct 1884 |
8 days |
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| Newcastle Streets Bill Committee No.62 |
17 Sep 1884 |
07 Oct 1884 |
21 days |
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| Point Piper Road Committee No.57 |
13 Aug 1884 |
01 Nov 1884 |
2 months 20 days |
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| Victorian Coal-mining Company’s Bill (No2) Committee No.45 |
30 Apr 1884 |
10 Jun 1884 |
1 month 12 days |
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| Victorian Coal Mining Company’s Bill Committee No.38 |
26 Feb 1884 |
25 Apr 1884 |
2 months |
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| Manly Gaslight and Coke Company’s Bill Committee No.33 |
07 Feb 1884 |
11 Mar 1884 |
1 month 5 days |
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| Great Cobar Copper Mining Company’s Tramway Bill Committee No.28 |
23 Jan 1884 |
19 Feb 1884 |
28 days |
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| St Philip’s Parsonage Bill Committee No.9 |
23 Oct 1883 |
07 Nov 1883 |
16 days |
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| Earnshaw’s Estate Bill Committee No.17 |
09 Mar 1883 |
16 Mar 1883 |
8 days |
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| Mort’s Bay Improvement Bill Committee No.16 |
08 Mar 1883 |
06 Apr 1883 |
30 days |
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| Member for Balmain |
02 Dec 1882 |
07 Oct 1885 |
2 years 10 months 6 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
02 Dec 1882 |
07 Oct 1885 |
2 years 10 months 6 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Merchant. Educated at Alston Grammar School. Arrived in Melbourne in 1857; Travelled to goldfields at Castlemaine and Ballarat. Travelled to New South Wales in 1860. set up as a storekeeper in Newcastle. Moved to Sydney in 1872. Founded successful soap and candle factory at Balmain in 1876. Chairman of redhead coal mining company. Set up as a Sydney merchant in 1884; became a Director of several companies and Managing Director of Hetton Colliery at his death. Supporter of building societies. Director of Institution for the Deaf Dumb and Blind. Formed the Municipal Association in 1883; Vice President in 1897, Acting Secretary.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman of Balmain from 1878, later Mayor; Alderman of Glebe for 9 years and Mayor in 1896.
Personal
Son of Thomas Hutchinson, storekeeper, and Jane Phillipson. Married Barbara Telena Steel in 1861 and had issue, 5 daughters and 3 sons. Church of England.
Additional Information
Biography and portrait in ‘Australian Men of Mark’, Volume 1. Sydney, [?1889] ,
page 414
