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Mr Colin William SIMSON (1828 - 1905)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1828
Place of Birth: Pittenween, Fife, Scotland
Date of Death: 23/02/1905
Place of Death: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Jury List – Deniliquin Committee No.13 22 Oct 1878 20 May 1879 6 months 29 days
Metropolitan Cattle Sale Yards Committee No.13 12 Feb 1878 20 Mar 1878 1 month 9 days
Member for Balranald 12 Nov 1877 09 Nov 1880 2 years 11 months 29 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 12 Nov 1877 09 Nov 1880 2 years 11 months 29 days
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Arrived in Victoria in late 1851; failed at gold diggings, then worked with his pastoralist brother to gain experience. Became a partner in brothers station near Beaufort and managed part of it. Purchased York Plains Station in January 1858; took up Mungadal, near Hay in New South Wales in 1862. Acquired Trinkey Station on Liverpool Plains in 1888.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Robert Simson, farmer, and his wife Carstairs. Married Marguerite Madeleine Smith on 3 December 1862 in Melbourne and had issue, 5 daughters and 4 sons.
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.