Date of Birth: 11/03/1868
Place of Birth: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 22/07/1956
Place of Death: Killara, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Library Committee No.4 |
28 Jun 1910 |
20 Aug 1910 |
1 month 24 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
14 Jul 1909 |
17 Dec 1909 |
5 months 4 days |
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| Great Northern Coal Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.7 |
08 Sep 1908 |
30 Sep 1908 |
23 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
05 Aug 1908 |
19 Dec 1908 |
4 months 15 days |
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| Library Committee No.3 |
13 Mar 1908 |
11 Apr 1908 |
30 days |
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| Library Committee No.3 |
24 Oct 1907 |
20 Dec 1907 |
1 month 27 days |
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| Member for Namoi |
10 Sep 1907 |
14 Sep 1910 |
3 years 5 days |
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| Library Committee No.3 |
09 Jul 1907 |
12 Jul 1907 |
4 days |
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| Library Committee No.2 |
10 Jul 1906 |
18 Dec 1906 |
5 months 9 days |
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| Allegation by the Rev. W.Woolls Rutledge respecting an appointment to the Public Service Committee No.15 |
29 Aug 1905 |
25 Oct 1905 |
1 month 27 days |
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| Refusal of the Pharmacy Board to register Mr Walter Trafford Committee No.9 |
18 Jul 1905 |
30 Nov 1905 |
4 months 13 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
28 Jun 1905 |
09 Dec 1905 |
5 months 12 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
21 Sep 1904 |
24 Dec 1904 |
3 months 4 days |
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| Member for Namoi |
06 Aug 1904 |
19 Aug 1907 |
3 years 14 days |
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| Member for Narrabri |
03 Jul 1901 |
16 Jul 1904 |
3 years 14 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
03 Jul 1901 |
14 Sep 1910 |
9 years 2 months 12 days |
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Political Party Activity
Liberal, later Independent.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Storekeeper. Educated at Crown Street public school; at fourteen apprenticed to a Narrabri chemist, left to enter brother's store there, became a manager in 1886; later in partnership with A.M Cansdell, bought brother out; became a sole proprieter in 1898; owned a brewery and sheep property, Maranoa; moved to Centennial Park in Sydney; retired in ill health c.1920
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Narrabri from 1894 until 1901, Mayor from 1898 until 1901
Personal
Son of Joseph Collins, broker and English migrant, and Priscilla Israel. Unmarried. Jewish. Brother of Charles Collins, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Namoi from 1885 until 1894, Narrabri from 1894 until 1898.
