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Joshua Thomas Hoskins Whitsitt

Joshua Thomas Hoskins Whitsitt

Surname: WHITSITT

Given Names:Joshua Thomas Hoskins

Title and Honours:Mr

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth:26 September 1869 - Northern Ireland

Date of Death:14 September 1943 - Cooee, Tasmania

 

 

House of Assembly:30 April 1909

Electorate:Darwin (Braddon)

Party:Anti-Socialist (1909-12); Liberal (1912-16); Independent (1916-22)

Positions Held:

Date of Departure:10 June 1922

Reason for Departure: Defeated.

Comments:

MHR 1909-22

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 318

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.