Surname: BROWN
Given Names: Nicholas John
Title and Honours: Mr
Qualifications:
Date and Place of Birth: 9 October 1938 - Hobart, Tasmania
Date of Death: 22 September 1903 - Hobart, Tasmania
House of Assembly: 29 January 1875 (by-blection)
Electorate: Cumberland
Party:
Positions Held: Minister 1877-78, 1882-87; Speaker 1891-93,
1897-1903; Opposition Leader 1887-89
Date of Departure: 22 September 1903
Reason for Departure: Died in office.
Comments: Defeated in 1893 but election
declared void.
Active participant in moves towards Federation.
House of Assembly Long Room Picture: P
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.
