Wellington, William John
Personal
Birth Date:
10 March 1879 (Adelong, New South Wales)
Death Date:
2 March 1939 (Charters Towers, Queensland)
Parents:
Joseph and Catherine Jane Wellington (nee Bennetts)
Family:
Violet Beatrice Annie Ruthenberg on 10 April 1917, 3 sons, 3 daughters
Education:
Charters Towers State School
Religion:
Methodist
Career
Secretary, Charters Towers Miners Accident Association and Amalgamated Workers Association, 1900; Confidential Clerk, Charters Towers sharebroker, 1895 to 1900
Party Positions:
- Secretary, Kennedy Federal Divisional Executive.
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Charters Towers | 22 May 1915 | 2 Mar 1939 | Died in Office |
Additional Information
Notes:
Vice-president, Australian Labor Federation and a trustee of The Worker. In 1915 he was a miners' representative on the Charters Towers Hospital Committee
Sources:
Imaged sourced from 'The Courier Mail', 3 Mar 1939; Courier-Mail, 'Death of Mr. W.J. Wellington', 3 Mar 1939; Waterson, DB and John Arnold, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982); Waterson, DB, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
[Last Modified: Monday, 15 February 2021]