Turley, Joseph Henry Lewis
Personal
Birth Date:
24 April 1859 (Gloucester)
Death Date:
5 June 1929 (South Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
Charles Turley and Agnes (nee Oliver)
Family:
Mary Smith in Brisbane on 15 May 1886, 1 son, 3 daughters
Education:
rixham and Torbay, England
Religion:
Congregationalist
Career
Went to sea as a youth, travelled as a sailor until arriving in Queensland in 1879; Worked as a wharf 'lumper' in Brisbane; Shipping master, Harbours and Rivers Department, 1919 to 1921; Storeman, Commonwealth Mercantile Marine Office, 1921
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Brisbane South | 6 May 1893 | 11 Mar 1899 | |
Assembly | ALP | Brisbane South | 22 Jul 1899 | 11 Mar 1902 | By-election |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Home Secretary | 1 Dec 1899 | 7 Dec 1899 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Turley was made Home Secretary during Andrew Dawson's short-lived first Labor Government in Queensland in 1899. Turley caused a minor but symbolic furore in 1910 when, as President of the Senate, he rejected the traditional dress of his office for ordinary clothes
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg:197806; Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
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