Francis Augustus Wright

The Honourable
Francis Augustus Wright
JP
Secretary for Public Works
In office
28 May 1883  6 October 1885
Premier Sir Alexander Stuart
Preceded by Henry Copeland
Succeeded by Henry Badgery
Mayor of Redfern
In office
February 1882  February 1885
Preceded by Patrick Stanley
Succeeded by George Lander
Alderman on the Redfern Municipal Council
In office
February 1873  2 September 1886
Succeeded by John Beveridge
Constituency Belmore Ward
Personal details
Born (1835-08-01)1 August 1835
London, England, United Kingdom
Died 1 October 1903(1903-10-01) (aged 68)
Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Military service
Allegiance  United Kingdom
 Australia
Service/branch New South Wales NSW Colonial Forces
Years of service 1873  1902
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Unit Sydney Bn. Volunteer Rifles

Francis Augustus Wright (1 August 1835 – 1 October 1903) was an Australian politician and merchant sailor.

Wright was born in London, England.[1] He represented Redfern in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, was Postmaster-General in the Stuart ministry from January to May 1883, and Secretary for Public Works from that date till October 1885, when he joined the Dibbs ministry, and held office as Minister for Public Instruction, under that gentleman's premiership, till the following December.[2] He was elected for Glen Innes at the General Election in 1889, and again in 1891.[2][3][4]

Wright died in Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Rutledge, Martha. "Wright, Francis Augustus (1835–1903)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  2. 1 2 Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Wright, Francis Augustus". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
  3. "MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.". Empire (Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia). 19 February 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. "Mr Francis Augustus WRIGHT (1835 - 1903)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Patrick Stanley
Mayor of Redfern
1882 – 1885
Succeeded by
George Lander
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
John Sutherland
Alfred Fremlin
Member for Redfern
1882 – 1885
Served alongside: Fremlin, Sutherland
Succeeded by
Thomas Williamson
Preceded by
George Matheson
Member for Glen Innes
1889 – 1903
Served alongside: Hutchison (1889-1894)
Succeeded by
Follett Thomas
Political offices
Preceded by
Alexander Campbell
Postmaster-General of New South Wales
1883
Succeeded by
William Trickett
Preceded by
Henry Copeland
Secretary for Public Works
1883 – 1885
Succeeded by
Henry Badgery
Preceded by
Joseph Palmer Abbott
Secretary for Mines
1885
Succeeded by
Robert Vaughn
Preceded by
Joseph Palmer Abbott
Secretary for Mines
1886
Succeeded by
Charles Mackellar
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