Frank Beattie (politician)

Francis (Frank) Beattie was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.^[1]

His Personal life

Francis Beattie was born 29 August 1829 in Dumfries, Scotland, son of Francis Beattie and his wife Susannah (nee Hannah), and educated in Carlisle, Cumberland (now part of Cumbria). As a young man he sailed to New Zealand in 1849, and after a disturbance on ship, Beattie navigated the vessel to Port Phillip, where he later served as the Port Phillip pilot. After living in Sydney, and at the time of the Canoona rush he successfully sailed to Keppel Bay and onto Brisbane, arriving in 1862 on the steamer Maryborough. Settling in Brisbane, he had his family of 5 sons and 5 daughters to wife Janet Ross. Frank died on 16 April 1886 in Brisbane.^[1]

Political Representation summary

After representing Fortitude Valley ward as Alderman of Brisbane, 1868 to 1871 and 1873 to 1874, he then later represented Fortitude Valley in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, 25 February 1874 to 26 November 1878 and 28 May 1879 to 16 April 1886. Beattie died on 16 April 1886 in Brisbane.^[1] His funeral proceeded from his Bowen Hills residence to the Toowong Cemetery.^[2]

As well as his involvement in politics and local government, Beattie also demonstrated his community mindedness by being involved in the Fire brigade and also the Grand United Order of Oddfellows, ^[1] Although untiring in his community efforts, his health did suffer after strongly opposing the Valley railway scheme proposal while in his service as Chairman of the Booroodabin Divisional Board.

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