词条 | Harry Wright (Queensland politician) |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Harry Wright | honorific-suffix = | image = | caption = | constituency_AM1 = Bulimba | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 12 May 1923 | term_end1 = 11 May 1929 | predecessor1 = Walter Barnes | successor1 = Irene Longman | birth_date = 1890 | birth_place = Marston, Derbyshire, England | death_date = 20 March 1963 (aged 72) | death_place = Morningside, Queensland, Australia | restingplace = |birthname = Albert Henry Wright | nationality = English Australian | spouse = Florence Mabel Hoskins (m.1915 d.1980) | party = Labor Party | otherparty = | relations = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = Coachmaker | profession = | religion = Methodist }}Albert Henry "Harry" Wright (1890 – 20 March 1963) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1] BiographyWright was born in Marston, Derbyshire, the son of John Wright and his wife Elizabeth (née Barnes). He was educated at Hatton Council School, Derby, and after his arrival in Queensland was employed at the American Meatworks in Brisbane. He later worked as a coachmaker and engineer.[1] On the 7th April 1915 he married Florence Mabel Hoskins[1] (died 1980)[2] in Kingaroy and together had three sons and a daughter. Wright died in March 1963[1] and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[2] Public careerWright, for the Labor Party, won the seat of Bulimba at the 1923 Queensland state election,[3] taking over the electorate from Walter Barnes, who decided to contest the new seat of Wynnum.[4] Wright held Bulimba for six years, being defeated in 1929 by Irene Longman,[5] the first woman in the Queensland Parliament.[6] After his defeat he became a representative of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board. Wright was also a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2842157035|accessdate=6 May 2016}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|au-qld}}{{s-bef|before= Walter Barnes}}{{s-ttl |title= Member for Bulimba|years=1923–1929}}{{s-aft|after = Irene Longman}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Albert Henry}}2. ^1 Albert Henry Wright ( - 1963) — Heaven Address. Retrieved 6 May 2016. 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21037070 |title=METROPOLITAN. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=21,306 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 May 1926 |accessdate=6 May 2016 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^Barnes, Hon. Walter Henry — Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 6 May 2016. 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21405271 |title=POLLING SUMMARY. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=22,243 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 May 1929 |accessdate=6 May 2016 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21405288 |title=ASTONISHING REVERSAL. TRIUMPH FOR COUNTRY-NATIONALISTS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=22,243 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 May 1929 |accessdate=6 May 2016 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5 : Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly|1890 births|1963 deaths|Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland|20th-century Australian politicians |
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