Edward Barrow Forrest

The Hon
Edward Forrest
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Brisbane North
In office
20 April 1899 – 27 April 1912
Preceded by Robert Fraser
Succeeded by Seat Abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
15 August 1882 – 8 March 1899
In office
14 June 1913 – 30 March 1914
Personal details
Born Edward Barrow Forrest
February 1838
Windemere, Westmorland, England
Died 30 March 1914 (aged 76)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place Toowong Cemetery
Nationality English
Political party Ministerial
Other political
affiliations		 Opposition
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Leary
Occupation Businessman, Vice consul for France
Religion Church of England

Edward Barrow Forrest (February 1838 – 30 March 1914) was an Australian company director and politician, a member of the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Forrest was born in Windermere, Westmorland, England[1] and educated at the King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, in which colony he arrived in 1852. He was managing partner in Queensland of the firm of Parbury, Lamb & Co., and was sworn on 15 August 1882, of the Queensland Legislative Council. Subsequently he was appointed one of the commissioners to inquire into the working of the Colonial Stores Office.[2]

Forrest resigned from the Legislative Council on 8 March 1899 and represented Brisbane North in the Legislative Assembly from 20 April 1899 to 27 April 1912; he was again a member of the Legislative Council from 14 June 1913 until his death on 30 March 1914.[3] Forrest was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crouchley, Betty, Gibbney, H. J. "Forrest, Edward Barrow (1838–1914)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Forrest, Hon. Edward Barrow". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
  3. ↑ "Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860-2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament.
  4. ↑ Forrest Edward Barrow — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search Retrieved 27 December 2013.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Robert Fraser		 Member for Brisbane North
1899–1912 		Abolished