Surname: MULCAHY
Given Names: Edward
Title and Honours: Mr
Qualifications:
Date and Place of Birth: 28 March 1850 - Limerick, England
Date of Death: 23 October 1927 - Hobart, Tasmania
House of Assembly: (1) 19 August 1891 (by-election)
(2) 20 January 1897 (3) 25 October 1899 (4) 8 June 1910 (by-election)
(5) 7 November 1914
Electorate: (1) West Hobart (2) Hobart (3) Hobart (4) Wilmot
(Lyons) (5) Wilmot (Lyons)
Party: Anti-Socialist to 1912; Liberal to 1920.
Positions Held: Chair Public Works Committee
Minister: Yes
Date of Departure: (1) 20 January 1897 (2) 25 October 1899
(3) 2 April 1903 (4) 23 July 1914 (5) 15 January 1919
Reason for Departure: (1) Seat abolished. (2) Resigned on
appointment to Ministry. (3) Defeated.
Comments: During early business career he established
various hotels and Gaiety Theatre in Zeehan.
House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 235
Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
Additional Reference Material:
A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968.
Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.
