Charles McGhie | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 4 May 1904 – 21 January 1917 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Stewart McGhie 17 May 1839 Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
Died | 21 January 1917 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia | (aged 77)
Resting place | Maryborough Cemetery |
Nationality | Scottish Australian |
Spouse | Maria Holmes (m.1866 d.1904) |
Occupation | Shipwright, newspaper proprietor, railway employee |
Charles Stewart McGhie (17 May 1839 – 21 January 1917) was a shipwright, newspaper proprietor, and member of the Queensland Legislative Council. [1]
McGhie was born at Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in 1863 to William McGhie and his wife Elizabeth (née Stewart) and attended a local Government school. [1] After spending his early manhood at sea, he settled in Queensland. On his arrival, he joined the Railways, which became his career for the next thirty years. [2]
McGhie became actively interested in politics and was one of the pioneers of the Labour movement in Maryborough becoming a partner in the local labour newspaper, The Alert. He was an alderman, serving for nine years [2] and was mayor of Maryborough in 1898. [1]
In 1899, he represented the Labour Party in standing for the two-member state seat of Maryborough, coming fourth behind the two Ministerialists, Annear and Bartholomew. [3]
McGhie was appointed by the Morgan ministry to the Queensland Legislative council in May 1904, [4] serving for over 12 years till his death in 1917. [1]
McGhie married Maria Holmes in April 1866 and together they had nine children. [1] Dying in 1917, his funeral proceeded from his residence in Ferry Street [2] to the Maryborough Cemetery. [5]
Charles McGhie | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 4 May 1904 – 21 January 1917 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Stewart McGhie 17 May 1839 Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
Died | 21 January 1917 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia | (aged 77)
Resting place | Maryborough Cemetery |
Nationality | Scottish Australian |
Spouse | Maria Holmes (m.1866 d.1904) |
Occupation | Shipwright, newspaper proprietor, railway employee |
Charles Stewart McGhie (17 May 1839 – 21 January 1917) was a shipwright, newspaper proprietor, and member of the Queensland Legislative Council. [1]
McGhie was born at Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in 1863 to William McGhie and his wife Elizabeth (née Stewart) and attended a local Government school. [1] After spending his early manhood at sea, he settled in Queensland. On his arrival, he joined the Railways, which became his career for the next thirty years. [2]
McGhie became actively interested in politics and was one of the pioneers of the Labour movement in Maryborough becoming a partner in the local labour newspaper, The Alert. He was an alderman, serving for nine years [2] and was mayor of Maryborough in 1898. [1]
In 1899, he represented the Labour Party in standing for the two-member state seat of Maryborough, coming fourth behind the two Ministerialists, Annear and Bartholomew. [3]
McGhie was appointed by the Morgan ministry to the Queensland Legislative council in May 1904, [4] serving for over 12 years till his death in 1917. [1]
McGhie married Maria Holmes in April 1866 and together they had nine children. [1] Dying in 1917, his funeral proceeded from his residence in Ferry Street [2] to the Maryborough Cemetery. [5]