Watson, Duncan John Reay

Personal

Watson, Duncan John Reay
Birth Date: 4 November 1867 (Timaru)
Death Date: 30 October 1948 (Indooroopilly, Queensland)
Parents: John Dalton Watson and Mary Annie (nee Mackay)
Family: Elizabeth Margaret Crowe in 1905 in Sydney, 1 daughter
Education: Attended Maryborough State and Grammar Schools
Religion: Roman Catholic

Career

Commenced as apprentice builder with his father; Pupil teacher at Maryborough Central School; Became qualified teacher; Worked for Bank of NSW in northern and central Queensland; Admitted to the Queensland Bar, 1895; Operated own successful legal practice until retirement in 1938

Parliamentary Representation

House Party Electorate From To Elected/Departure Reason
Assembly MIN Cunningham 29 Oct 1903 27 Aug 1904 By-election

Additional Information

Sources: Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
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