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Mr Thomas WADDELL (1854 - 1940)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1854
Place of Birth: Monaghan, Ireland
Date of Death: 25/10/1940
Place of Death: Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 17 Jul 1917 22 Apr 1934 16 years 9 months 6 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 6 May 1917. Ceased to be a Member on reconstitution of the Council in 1934. Granted retention of title of 'Honourable' for life.
Member for Lyndhurst 06 Dec 1913 21 Feb 1917 3 years 2 months 16 days
Michael Gleeson’s Application for a Selection, Land District of Dubbo Committee No.7 12 Aug 1913 23 Sep 1913 1 month 12 days
Parliamentary Accommodation Committee No.14 08 Nov 1912 05 Dec 1912 28 days
Increase in House Rents Committee No.16 17 Oct 1911 25 Mar 1912 5 months 9 days
Warwick Farm Railway Act Extension Bill Committee No.7 31 May 1911 14 Jun 1911 15 days
Member for Belubula 14 Oct 1910 06 Nov 1913 3 years 24 days
Claims of Andrew Rodgers against the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners Committee No.8 29 Sep 1908 18 Dec 1908 2 months 20 days
Great Northern Coal Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.7 08 Sep 1908 30 Sep 1908 23 days
Colonial Treasurer 02 Oct 1907 20 Oct 1910 3 years 19 days
Member for Belubula 10 Sep 1907 14 Sep 1910 3 years 5 days
Standing Orders Committee No.4 09 Jul 1907 12 Jul 1907 4 days
Colonial Secretary 14 May 1907 01 Oct 1907 4 months 18 days
David Berry Hospital Bill Committee No.14 22 Nov 1906 06 Dec 1906 15 days
Standing Orders Committee No.3 10 Jul 1906 18 Dec 1906 5 months 9 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.6 05 Jul 1906 18 Dec 1906 5 months 14 days
Testator’s Family Maintenance Committee No.23 28 Nov 1905 09 Dec 1905 12 days
Standing Orders Committee No.3 28 Jun 1905 09 Dec 1905 5 months 12 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 14 Jun 1905 09 Dec 1905 5 months 26 days
Government Savings Bill Committee No.13 02 Dec 1904 06 Dec 1904 5 days
Municipal District of Cowra reduced Area Bill Committee No.8 01 Nov 1904 16 Nov 1904 16 days Chairman
Case of Henry Harding, W.S Stead, and others – Certificate of Title Committee No.7 27 Sep 1904 14 Dec 1904 2 months 18 days
Standing Orders Committee No.3 21 Sep 1904 09 Nov 1904 1 month 20 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 24 Aug 1904 01 Dec 1904 3 months 8 days
Member for Belubula 06 Aug 1904 19 Aug 1907 3 years 14 days
Colonial Treasurer and Minister of Justice 15 Jun 1904 29 Aug 1904 2 months 15 days
Premier 15 Jun 1904 29 Aug 1904 2 months 15 days
Use of Preservative and Colouring Matters in Food Committee No.11 20 Aug 1903 25 Nov 1903 3 months 6 days
Abattoir Glebe Island Committee No.8 10 Jul 1903 20 Nov 1903 4 months 11 days
Claim of James Ross, Pilot Boatman Committee No.18 30 Oct 1902 17 Dec 1902 1 month 18 days
Dismissal from the Railway Service of Fettlers’ Ganger, E.L Warton Committee No.17 30 Oct 1902 18 Dec 1902 1 month 19 days
Claim of William Richard Gainford against the Department of Navigation Committee No.11 22 Jul 1902 20 Dec 1902 4 months 29 days
Carriage of Newspapers on Government Railways Committee No.10 20 Jun 1902 19 Dec 1902 6 months
Tied Houses Committee No.8 22 Aug 1901 18 Sep 1901 28 days
Member for Cowra 22 Jun 1901 16 Jul 1904 3 years 25 days
Member for Cowra 20 Apr 1901 11 Jun 1901 1 month 23 days
Colonial Treasurer 10 Apr 1901 14 Jun 1904 3 years 2 months 5 days
Library Committee No.5 20 Jun 1900 28 Nov 1900 5 months 9 days
Case of Thomas Buckley – Public Works Department Committee No.17 07 Nov 1899 20 Dec 1899 1 month 14 days
Case of William Creswell Committee No.18 07 Nov 1899 21 Dec 1899 1 month 15 days
Tamworth Showground Bill Committee No.15 26 Oct 1899 23 Dec 1899 1 month 28 days
Library Committee No.5 02 Aug 1899 10 Oct 1899 2 months 9 days
Illawarra Harbour and Land Corporation Act Further Amendment Bill Committee No.22 02 Dec 1898 06 Dec 1898 5 days
Care of Rachel Dawson Committee No.20 22 Nov 1898 23 Dec 1898 1 month 2 days
Saywell’s Tramway and Electric Lighting Bill Committee No. 12 20 Sep 1898 23 Dec 1898 3 months 4 days
Case of Thomas Buckley, Public Works Department Committee No. 7 30 Aug 1898 23 Dec 1898 3 months 24 days
Member for Cowra 27 Jul 1898 10 Apr 1901 2 years 8 months 15 days
Claim of Richardson, Turner & Co Committee No.36 21 Oct 1896 12 Nov 1896 23 days
Case of Thomas Buckley – Public Works Department Committee No.33 20 Oct 1896 16 Nov 1896 28 days
Lawson’s Estate Mortgage Enabling Bill Committee No.29 23 Sep 1896 30 Sep 1896 8 days
Collision between the “Sol” and “Alathea” steamers Committee No.26 22 Sep 1896 11 Nov 1896 1 month 21 days
Ryan’s Conditional Purchase in the Wagga Wagga Land District Committee No.21 04 Aug 1896 10 Sep 1896 1 month 7 days
Claim of Captain Rossi Committee No.20 28 Jul 1896 01 Oct 1896 2 months 4 days
City and North Sydney Railway Bill; Sydney and North Sydney Bridge and Tramway Bill. North Shore Bridge Bill Committee No.17 21 Jul 1896 21 Oct 1896 3 months 1 day North Shore Bridge Bill appointed 13 August 1896
Annual Leases of Owen McCosker, Cope’s Creek Committee No.16 14 Jul 1896 29 Oct 1896 3 months 16 days
City and North Sydney Tunnel Roadway Bill Committee No.14 01 Jul 1896 14 Jul 1896 14 days
Case of Staff Sergeant W.Jiffkins Committee No.11 30 Jun 1896 26 Aug 1896 1 month 28 days Chairman
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.6 13 May 1896 16 Nov 1896 6 months 4 days
City and North Sydney Railway Bill Committee No.16 12 Dec 1895 19 Dec 1895 8 days
Crown Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association Bill Committee No.14 06 Nov 1895 28 Nov 1895 23 days Chairman
Application of Mr J.F Connelly to mine in the parish of Currajong Committee No.13 15 Oct 1895 18 Dec 1895 2 months 4 days
Borough of Redfern Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.11 08 Oct 1895 17 Oct 1895 10 days
Capertee Tramway Bill Committee No.10 26 Sep 1895 17 Oct 1895 22 days
Case of Mr A.J.C Single Committee No.9 19 Sep 1895 10 Oct 1895 22 days
Refreshment. Committee No. 4 20 Aug 1895 08 Jul 1898 2 years 10 months 19 days
Elections and Qualifications. Committee No. 5 14 Aug 1895 08 Jul 1898 2 years 10 months 25 days
Member for Cobar 24 Jul 1895 08 Jul 1898 2 years 11 months 15 days
Shoaling at the mouth of North Creek, near Ballina. Committee No. 11 27 Nov 1894 05 Jul 1895 7 months 9 days
Presbyterian Church Property Management Amendment Bill. Committee No. 10 22 Nov 1894 05 Jul 1895 7 months 14 days
Holt’s Wingello Estate Bill. Committee No. 9 13 Nov 1894 05 Jul 1895 7 months 23 days
Refreshment Committee No. 4 29 Aug 1894 05 Jul 1895 10 months 7 days
Member for Cobar 17 Jul 1894 05 Jul 1895 11 months 19 days
Application of Mr J.F Connelly to Mine in the Parish of Currajong Committee No.10 13 Mar 1894 01 May 1894 1 month 19 days
Children’s Protection Act Amendment Bill Committee No.9 20 Feb 1894 05 Jun 1894 3 months 17 days
Oxford street Improvement Bill Committee No.8 25 Jan 1894 13 Feb 1894 20 days
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 17 Jan 1894 17 Jan 1894 1 day
Application of Mr J.F Connelly to Mine in the Parish of Currajong Committee No.12 28 Nov 1893 08 Dec 1893 11 days
Silkstone Coal-mine Railway Act Amending Bill Committee No.10 15 Nov 1893 21 Nov 1893 7 days
Corowa School of Arts Enabling Bill Committee No.9 24 Oct 1893 08 Dec 1893 1 month 15 days
Case of John Deniff Committee No.8 03 Oct 1893 18 Oct 1893 16 days
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 26 Sep 1893 26 Sep 1893 1 day
Case of John Deniff Committee No.27 07 Jun 1893 13 Jun 1893 7 days
Working of the Government Labour Bureau Committee No.25 26 Apr 1893 02 Jun 1893 1 month 8 days
Lee and Brady Settlement Bill Committee No.19 14 Feb 1893 01 Mar 1893 16 days
Oxford street Improvement Bill Committee No.13 16 Nov 1892 13 Jun 1893 6 months 29 days
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 30 Aug 1892 30 Aug 1892 1 day
Broken Hill Water Supply Act Amendment Bill Committee No.32 01 Feb 1892 17 Feb 1892 17 days
Application for a Free Pass made by Mr Black, MP Committee No.27 17 Dec 1891 21 Mar 1891 0 days
Member for Bourke 04 Dec 1891 25 Jun 1894 2 years 6 months 22 days
Case of Staff Sergeant W.Jiffkins Committee No.13 24 Apr 1891 06 May 1894 3 years 13 days
Hay Athenaeum Trustees Enabling Bill Committee No.48 18 Dec 1890 19 Dec 1890 2 days
Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition Committee No.36 07 Oct 1890 12 Dec 1890 2 months 6 days
Land corner Pitt and Bridge Streets Committee No.21 24 Jun 1890 20 Dec 1890 5 months 27 days
Wagga Wagga Cattle Sale yards Bill Committee No.19 24 Jun 1890 14 Aug 1890 1 month 22 days
Turrawingee Tramway Bill Committee No.18 05 Jun 1890 18 Jun 1890 14 days
West Wallsend Coal Company (Limited) Bill Committee No.28 12 Sep 1889 24 Sep 1889 13 days
Katoomba Lighting Bill Committee No.27 24 Jul 1889 06 Aug 1889 14 days
Claim of Isaac Barclay Committee No.22 05 Jul 1889 17 Jul 1889 13 days
Redhead Coalmine Railway Act Amending Bill Committee No.19 03 Jul 1889 17 Jul 1889 15 days
New South Wales Tramway Company’s Bill Committee No.11 30 Apr 1889 17 May 1889 18 days
Silkstone Coal-mine Railway Bill Committee No.10 17 Apr 1889 30 Apr 1889 14 days
Broken Hill Water Supply Bill Committee No.8 10 Apr 1889 10 Jul 1889 3 months 1 day
Member for Bourke 13 Feb 1889 06 Jun 1891 2 years 3 months 25 days
Broken Hill Water Supply Bill Committee No.13 07 Dec 1888 11 Jan 1889 1 month 5 days
Broken Hill and Suburban Gas Company’s Bill Committee No.52 10 Apr 1888 03 May 1888 24 days
Silverton Tramway Act Amending Bill Committee No.45 29 Feb 1888 22 Mar 1888 23 days
Removal of Railway Engine-sheds from Dubbo to Wellington Committee No.35 16 Dec 1887 24 Jul 1888 7 months 9 days
Christian Chapel Lands Sale Bill Committee No.30 25 Nov 1887 14 Dec 1887 20 days
Claim of Isaac Barclay Committee No.29 18 Nov 1887 17 Jul 1888 8 months
Resumption of Edward Irby’s Land at Bluff River Committee No.27 15 Nov 1887 24 Jul 1888 8 months 10 days
Parry’s Conditional Purchase on Currugundi and Warren South Runs Committee No.24 08 Nov 1887 31 May 1888 6 months 24 days
Claim of Joseph Richardson against the Roads Department Committee No.12 29 Sep 1887 24 Jul 1888 9 months 26 days
Mittagong Coal Mining Company’s Railway Act Amendment Bill Committee No.23 18 May 1887 08 Jun 1887 22 days
James Fyfe’s Conditional Purchase Committee No.14 05 Apr 1887 13 Jul 1887 3 months 9 days
Member for Bourke 22 Feb 1887 19 Jan 1889 1 year 10 months 29 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 22 Feb 1887 21 Jan 1917 29 years 11 months
Political Party Activity
Protectionist. Progressive Party
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Arrived in New South Wales with parents in 1855. Educated at Collector public and Goulburn High schools. Shop assistant at 15; then Clerk of Petty Sessions at Collector. Began dealing in cattle and horses in 1876; spent some time at Cooper's Creek, West Queensland. With brother, Col G.W. Waddell, took up successively Mileela, Wyuna and Wagamana, stations in western New South Wales; sold out in 1880s boom and settled in Sydney 1887. Later acquired new pastoral interests in far west. Owned Fort Bourke station with Sir Samuel McCaughey (q.v.), . later buying him out. Chairman Co-operative Wool and Produce Company and of Austral Malay Rubber Company Limited; first chairman McGarvie Smith Institute. Director of City Bank and of Qld Insurance Company. Commander Melbourne International Exhibition 1888. Member Farmers and Settlers' Association, and of Queensland Insurance Commander. Commander of the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1888. Member of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, and of the Australia Club. Prolific writer on public finance.
Military Service
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Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Youngest son of John Jackson Waddell and his wife Ann Mossman. Married on 7 May 1887 to Elizabeth James, daughter of John James, of Orange, and had issue 4 sons and 4 daughters. Presbyterian.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12

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