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Mr John WILKINSON

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1853
Place of Birth: Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England
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Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Albury 17 Jul 1894 05 Jul 1895 11 months 19 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 31 Aug 1892 31 Aug 1892 1 day
Wagga Wagga School of Arts Enabling Bill Committee No.24 26 Nov 1891 09 Dec 1891 14 days
Conditional Purchase made by Anne Nash O’Brien, at Corowa Committee No.21 16 Sep 1891 15 Mar 1892 6 months
Albury Mechanics Institute Enabling Bill Committee No.6 30 Jul 1891 06 Aug 1891 8 days Chairman
Member for Albury 19 Jun 1891 25 Jun 1894 3 years 7 days
Ryan’s Conditional Purchases at Wagga Wagga Committee No.17 03 Jun 1890 18 Dec 1890 6 months 16 days
Member for Albury 02 Feb 1889 06 Jun 1891 2 years 4 months 5 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 02 Feb 1889 05 Jul 1895 6 years 5 months 4 days
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (solicitor). Arrived in Sydney as a boy in a ship of which father was a doctor. Father practised in Bathurst, Lambing Flat, Albury and Sale, where he died in 1865. Family returned to Albury where school was attended. Articled to Joseph Dwyer and admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales and Victoria in 1881. Spent 2-3 years with a leading Sydney firm then practised in Albury; in 1889 was senior partner in firm Wilkinson & Wilkinson. In 1889 was president of the Albury branch of the Australian Natives Association, vice president of Albury Mechanics Institute.
Military Service
First and only captain of Albury Reserve Corps, Volunteer Infantry in 1888. After reorganisation of the defence forces in 1889, commanded H. Company., 1st Regiment of Volunteer Infantry; When forces further developed under federal plan, commanded No. 4 battery, Australia Field Artillery and was later was a Colonel.
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Mayor in 1896
Personal
Son of Dr Henry Wilkinson, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, medical practitioner of London.
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.