Albert John Wellman Fudge (30 January 1858 – 7 November 1949) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Albert Fudge | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mackay | |
| In office 27 August 1904 – 18 May 1907 Serving with Walter Paget | |
| Preceded by | David Dalrymple |
| Succeeded by | Edward Swayne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Albert John Wellman Fudge 30 January 1858 Yeovil, Somerset, England |
| Died | 7 November 1949 (aged 91) Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Mackay Cemetery |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse | Naomi Brown (m.1884 d.1946) |
| Occupation | Carpenter |
Biography
editFudge was born in Yeovil, Somerset, the son of John Wellman Fudge and his wife Sarah (née Northover). He was educated in Yeovil and arrived in Queensland in 1884. He continued the craft he had learned in England as a carpenter until 1895 when he took up a selection of land at Mirani.[1]
On 27 December 1884[1] he married Naomi Brown (died 1946)[2] and together had three sons and three daughters. Fudge died in November 1949 and his funeral proceeded from the Central Methodist Church in Mackay to the Mackay Cemetery.[3]
Public career
editFudge, representing the Labour Party, won one of the seats in the two-member electorate of Mackay at the 1904 Queensland state election, serving alongside Walter Paget.[4] He did not stand at the following state election held in 1907.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Advertising". Daily Mercury. Vol. 80, no. 28. Queensland, Australia. 1 February 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Family Notices". Daily Mercury. Vol. 83, no. 266. Queensland, Australia. 8 November 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "GENERAL ELECTIONS". Mackay Mercury. Vol. 97, no. 67. Queensland, Australia. 30 August 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.