Harry Clayton (politician)

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Ernest Henry Collet Clayton (9 November 1889 – 30 December 1946) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Harry Clayton
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Wide Bay
In office
9 October 1920 – 30 December 1946
Preceded byAndrew Thompson
Succeeded byJames Heading
Personal details
Born
Ernest Henry Collet Clayton

(1889-11-09)9 November 1889
Tinana, Queensland, Australia
Died30 December 1946(1946-12-30) (aged 57)
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeMaryborough Cemetery
Political partyCountry Party
Spouse(s)Emily Cheyne (m.1915 d.1927), Gladys Cheyne (m.1928 d.1975)[citation needed]
OccupationFarmer

Biography

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Clayton was born in Tinana, Queensland, the son of the Rev.[2] John Edward Clayton and his wife Frances Elizabeth (née Mills). He attended Maryborough Grammar School and upon leaving became a dairy farmer and grew sugarcane.[1]

On 17 March 1915, Booker married Emily Cheyne and together had a son and a daughter.[1] Emily died in 1927 and the next year[1] he married her sister,[3] Gladys Cheyne (died 1975).[3] He died in December 1946 after a long illness[2] and was buried in the Maryborough Cemetery the same day.[4]

Public life

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Clayton started his career in politics by being a councillor on the Tinana Shire Council in 1910. He was also a member of the Burrum Shire Council and the Tiaro Shire Council in the 1910s.

He entered Queensland state politics by winning the seat of Wide Bay at the 1920 state elections,[5] defeating the sitting member, Andrew Thompson. He held the seat for the next 26 years, dying in office in December 1946.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "DEATH OF WIDE BAY MEMBER". The Courier-mail. No. 3152. Queensland, Australia. 31 December 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b Family history researchQueensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. ^ Deceased searchFraser Coast Regional Council Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  5. ^ "SUMMARY OF POLLING". The Brisbane Courier. No. 19, 573. Queensland, Australia. 13 October 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Wide Bay
1920–1946
Succeeded by