King, Henry Edward
Personal
Birth Date:
9 June 1832 (Kilmallock, County Limerick)
Death Date:
5 February 1910 (South Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
John Wingfield King and Alicia (nee Coote)
Family:
Harriette Armstrong, 6 sons, 5 daughters
Education:
Collegiate School, Gloucester
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Goldminer, Gympie, Ravenswood; Police magistrate and goldfields warden, Gympie; 1862 - surveyor and commissioner, Mitchell district, 1862; Gold Commissioner, Wide Bay, 1867 to 1870; Solicitor; Journalist, 1883; Admitted to Queensland Bar, 1886; Crown Prosecutor, Central District Court, 1890 to 1910
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | NONE | Wide Bay | 12 Aug 1870 | 13 Jul 1871 | |
| Assembly | NONE | Wide Bay | 4 Oct 1871 | 12 Nov 1873 | |
| Assembly | NONE | Ravenswood | 9 Dec 1874 | 14 Nov 1878 | |
| Assembly | NONE | Maryborough | 15 Nov 1878 | 17 Aug 1883 |
Parliamentary Service
| Description | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker | 25 Jul 1876 | 26 Jun 1883 |
| Secretary, Public Works and Mines | 13 Nov 1874 | 10 May 1876 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Captain, Queensland Irish Volunteer Corps; 1888 to 1889; Member, Royal Commission into the Queensland Sugar Industry; When the Macalister ministry took office in January 1874, King was persuaded to take the Secretaryship for Public Works and Mines, though he was not a member of the Queensland Parliament at the time. The safe seat if Ravenswood was secured for him at a by-election on 9 December 1974 - Information from a Research brief dated 4 June 2001 on King as Speaker
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 156898; Australian Dictionary of Biography, V.5: 1851-1890, K - Q; Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
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