John Fitzpatrick (New South Wales politician)
- John Fitzpatrick (New South Wales politician)
John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick (15 February 1862 – 7 August 1932) was an Australian politician and journalist.
Fitzpatrick was born in Moama in the Riverina region of New South Wales, but his family moved to Windsor in 1869. He was educated at a catholic school and he was apprenticed to the former "Australian" newspaper's Windsor office at 14. He was a compositor on the former "Melbourne Punch" at 18 and subsequently worked on papers in Gunnedah, Narrabri, Walgett and Parramatta and Goulburn. In January 1886 he married Agnes Clare Kelly. In about 1888, he established the "Windsor and Richmond Gazette" and in 1905 he bought the "Molong Argus", which he and in 1907.[Australian Dictionary of Biography]
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title=Fitzpatrick, John Charles Lucas (1862 - 1932)
accessdate=2007-08-27] Political career
Fitzpatrick was elected as the member for Rylstone in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in July 1895, representing the Free Trade Party. While the election was found to be invalid, he won the subsequent by-election in October 1895. He held the seat until 1904, when he stood unsuccessfully for Northumberland. In 1906, he lost the Federal seat of Calare to Thomas Brown. In 1907, he won the state seat of Orange as a Liberal and held it until 1930, except for the period of proportional representation between 1920 and 1927, when he was one of the members for Bathurst. He joined Holman's Nationalist government as Secretary for Mines from November 1916 and Colonial Treasurer from October 1918 until its defeat by John Storey Labor Party in April 1920. He was Secretary for Mines and Minister for Local Government on 20 December 1921 in George Fuller's seven-hour government and between 1922 and 1925. Fitzpatrick retired from politics in 1930.[cite web]
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accessdate = 2007-08-27 ] Fitzpatrick died in the Sydney suburb of Roseville, New South Wales, survived by a son and daughter.Notes
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NAME = Fitzpatrick, John Charles Lucas
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 15 February 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH = Moama, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH = 7 August 1932
PLACE OF DEATH = Roseville, New South Wales
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