Donald Wallace
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Clermont
In office
7 September 1883 – 5 May 1888
Preceded byHenry Weld-Blundell
Succeeded byJohn Stevenson
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
In office
1 July 1889 – 1 November 1894
Personal details
Born
Donald Smith Wallace

(1844-08-10)10 August 1844
Ballark, Victoria, Australia
Died27 May 1900(1900-05-27) (aged 55)
Ballark, Victoria, Australia
SpouseIda Australia Thorn (m.1877 d.1889)
RelationsGeorge Thorn (father-in-law)
OccupationPastoralist

Eugene Christopher O'Donnell (28 November 1913 - 16 August 1982) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

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O'Donnell was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, the son of Michael Patrick O'Donnell and his wife Mary (née Scanlon). He was educated at St Lawrence's College in Brisbane before attending the Brisbane Teachers College. He was then posted to various schools around southern and central Queensland as a teacher and school principle.

On The 10th Aug 1936 O'Donnell married Emily Conlon and together had a son and a daughter. He died in Brisbane in August of 1982


Public career

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Wakefield began his political life as an alderman on the Sandgate Town Council in 1881[2] and becoming the town's mayor in 1886, a role in which he served until at least 1888.[3]

In 1885, the member for Moreton in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Thomas Macdonald-Paterson resigned after being appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. At the ensuing by-election, Wakefield easily defeated George Raff to become the new member.[4] He did not stand for re-election at the 1888 Queensland colonial election.

References

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  1. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ Hiram WakefieldState Library of Queensland Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Local Government Elections". Western Star And Roma Advertiser. No. 947. Queensland, Australia. 15 February 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "THE SUEZ CANAL". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXXIX, , no. 8, 532. Queensland, Australia. 15 May 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 30 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Clermont
1883–1888
Succeeded by


Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Category:1844 births Category:1900 deaths