Nelson, Hugh Muir
Personal
Birth Date:
31 December 1833 (Kilmarnock)
Death Date:
1 January 1906 (Toowoomba, Queensland)
Parents:
William Lambie Nelson and Agnes (nee Muir)
Family:
Janet Mcintyre on 11 August 1870, 2 sons, 3 daughters
Education:
Edinburgh High School and University
Religion:
Presbyterian
Career
Director, Metropolitan Freehold Land and Building Co, 1886 to 1890; Privy counsellor, 1897; Honorary DCL from Oxford, 1897; Honorary LL.D from Edinburgh, 1897; Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland, 1904 to 1905
Local Government Service:
Member, Wambo Divisional Board
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | MIN | Northern Downs | 7 Sep 1883 | 28 Apr 1888 | |
Assembly | AFLB | Murilla | 28 Apr 1888 | 13 Apr 1898 | |
Council | NONE | Legislative Council | 13 Apr 1898 | 1 Jan 1906 | Died in office |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
President of the Legislative Council | 13 Apr 1898 | 1 Jan 1906 |
Premier and Chief Secretary | 2 Mar 1898 | 13 Apr 1898 |
Premier, Chief Secretary and Treasurer | 6 Aug 1896 | 2 Mar 1898 |
Premier, Chief Secretary and Colonial Treasurer | 29 Mar 1895 | 6 Aug 1896 |
Premier and Colonial Treasurer | 27 Oct 1893 | 29 Mar 1895 |
Colonial Treasurer | 27 Mar 1893 | 27 Oct 1893 |
Acting Colonial Treasurer | 13 Mar 1893 | 27 Mar 1893 |
Minister without Office | 10 Dec 1892 | 27 Mar 1893 |
Secretary for Railways and Public Works | 4 Jan 1890 | 12 Aug 1890 |
Secretary for Railways | 13 Jun 1888 | 4 Jan 1890 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Member, Queensland National Association and Royal Agricultural Society; President, Royal Geographical Society Queensland; Chairman of Trustees, Brisbane and Toowoomba Grammar schools
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 62031 ; Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001); Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10 : 1891-1939 Lat-Ner, pp677-678
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