Hugh Cameron McMinn (1865 – 2 December 1941) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia.[1]
Hugh McMinn | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Bulimba | |
| In office 22 May 1915 – 16 March 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Walter Barnes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugh Cameron McMinn 1865 Callander, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Died | 2 December 1941 (aged 76) Wynnum, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Scottish Australian |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Spouse | Margaret Jane Catherwood (m.1892 d.1944) |
| Occupation | Storekeeper |
Biography
editMcMinn was born in Callander, Perthshire, the son of James McMinn and his wife Agnes (née Cameron). He arrived in Australia when he was about 16[2] and worked as a storekeeper. After his time in parliament he was an inspector of playgrounds for the education department.[1]
On 11 May 1892 he married Margaret Jane Catherwood[1] in Brisbane, and together they had a son and two daughters. McMinn died in December 1941[1] and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[3] Catherwood died in 1944.[4]
Public career
editAfter unsuccessfully contesting the state election in 1912,[5] McMinn, for the Labor Party, won the seat of Bulimba at the 1915 Queensland state election. In doing so, he defeated the Queensland Treasurer, Walter Barnes.[6] McMinn only lasted one term in the parliament and lost his seat back to Barnes at the 1918 Queensland state election.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "DEATH OF HUGH McMINN". The Worker. Vol. 52, no. 2840. Brisbane. 9 December 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Parliament's Regret at Death of Mr. McMinn". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 3 December 1941. p. 4 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier. No. 16, 940. 29 April 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE GENERAL ELECTIONS". The Brisbane Courier. No. 17, 894. 24 May 1915. p. 9. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "SUMMARY OF POLLING". The Brisbane Courier. No. 19, 571. 11 October 1920. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.