John Walsh (Australian politician)

Queensland Parliament House, 1875.
Queensland Parliament House, 1875.

John Walsh (born 1842) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Early Life

Walsh was born in County Galway, Ireland. He married Margaret Jane Clohesy on 28 December 1867.

Career

Walsh was a storekeeper in Cooktown, 1874-79, and a storekeeper in Smithfield, Cairns, 1877. He became Mayor of Cooktown, 1876-77.[2] He represented the Electoral district of Cook from 5 December 1878 to 30 October 1883.[2] As member for Cook he lobbied for a rail link to Cooktown to support the gold mining in the district.[3]

He went onto become a railway contractor and investor in NSW, 1884

References

  1. ↑ "Part 2.19 - Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860-2012 and the Legislative Council 1860-1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2015: The 54th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Former Members Biography". Queensland Parliament. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Ormston, Robert (1996). The rise and fall of a frontier mining town: Cooktown 1873-85 (PDF). The University of Queensland. pp. p.332 (of PDF).


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