Francis Isidore Power

The Hon
Francis Power
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
15 July 1901 – 24 June 1912
Personal details
Born Francis Isidore Power
(1852-02-28)28 February 1852
South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died 24 June 1912(1912-06-24) (aged 60)
Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Resting place Gympie Cemetery
Nationality Australian
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Plunkett (m.1887 d.1936)
Occupation Solicitor
Religion Roman Catholic

Francis Isidore Power (1852–1912) was a solicitor and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

Early life

Francis Isidore Power was born on 28 February 1852 at South Brisbane, the son of Michael Power and his wife Anna Maria (née Connolly). About 12 years old, he was sent to Ireland to attend the Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare and then Trinity College in Dublin. He worked in a firm of solicitors for 5 years before returning to Queensland in 1873. He established himself as a solicitor in Gympie.[1][2]

Politics

Power was involved in local government, serving on the Glastonbury Divisional Board and the Widgee Divisional Board.He developed a flood prevention scheme for the Gympie goldfields, which lead to his appointment as the first chairman of the Gympie Drainage Board.[1][2]

Power was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 15 July 1901. From 19 November 1907 to 18 February 1908, he was Minister for Justice and Attorney-General and Representative of the Government in Legislative Council. He served on the Council until his death on 24 June 1912.[3]

Later life

Power died on 24 June 1912 at Gympie.[1] He was buried in the Gympie Cemetery on 26 June 1912.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hon. F. I. Power, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, retrieved 15 March 2014
  2. 1 2 "THE HON. F. I. POWER.". The Brisbane Courier (National Library of Australia). 25 June 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2012 and the Legislative Council 1860-1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Deceased Search". Gympie Cemetery Trust. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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