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Donald Campbell Urquhart

  Donald Campbell Urquhart

Surname: URQUHART

Given Names: Donald Campbell

Title and Honours:Mr

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 1848 - London, England

Date of Death: 6 August 1911 - Devonport, Tasmania

House of Assembly: (1) 19 December 1893 (2) 2 March 1894 (3) 9 March 1900 (4) 29 March 1906

Electorate: (1) Cumberland (2) Montagu (3) Zeehan (4) Devonport

Party: Free Trade

Positions Held: Minister 1897-99; Treasurer 1906-09

Date of Departure: (1) December 1893 (2) March 1900 (3) 2 April 1903 (4) 30 April 1909

Reason for Departure: (1) Election declared void. (2) Electoral redistribution; stood for Zeehan. (3) Defeated. (4) Stood for Darwin. Unsuccessful.

Comments:

Only Member to represent seat of Montagu.

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 241

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

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.

 

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