Russell, Hugh McDiarmid
Personal
Birth Date:
11 February 1873 (Beenleigh, Queensland)
Death Date:
6 May 1948 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
George Dick Russell and Mary (nee McDiarmid)
Family:
Violet Bailey on 1 December 1904
Education:
Brisbane normal and grammar schools
Religion:
Presbyterian
Career
Commercial agent for grain, farm and dairy produce, 1901; General importer and exporter, own business, 1901; Hower Bros. and Queensland Agricultural Company; Business training
Local Government Service:
Alderman, Brisbane City Council, 1925 to 1926; Alderman, Hamilton Town Council, 1910 to 1925; Mayor from 1914 to 1915
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | CPNP | Toombul | 8 May 1926 | 11 Jun 1932 | |
Assembly | CPNP | Hamilton | 11 Jun 1932 | 2 Apr 1938 | |
Assembly | UAP | Hamilton | 2 Apr 1938 | 29 Mar 1941 | Did not contest |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Leader, United Australia Party, Queensland | 1936 | 1941 |
Additional Information
Notes:
President, Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, 1931 to 1933; Member: State Stores Board, Brisbane Tramways Trust, Hamilton Red Cross Society and Hamilton Patriotic Association
Sources:
Imaged sourced from 'Three Decades of Queensland Political History, 1929-1960' by Clem Lack, 1962; Lack, Clem, Three Decades of Queensland Political History, 1929-1960 (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1962); Queensland Parliamentary Debates, Motion of Condolence, Second session of the 31st Parliament, Vol. CXCIII, 17 Aug 1948, pp. 7-8 (Brisbane, Qld: Government Printers); Bernays, Charles Arrowsmith, Queensland: Our Seventh Political Decade (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1931); Bernays, Charles Arrowsmith, Queensland Politics During Sixty (1859-1919) Years (Brisbane: A.J. Cummings, Government Printer, 1920); Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982); Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
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