Henry Clarke (Australian politician)
- Henry Clarke (Australian politician)
Henry Clarke (22 June 1822 – 22 November 1907) was an Australian businessman and politician in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Clarke was born in Maghera, County Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to New South Wales in 1841 and he farmed for a while at Broulee. He returned to Sydney and married Jane Rayner in 1847 and they eventually had eleven children. He and Robert Gee established a successful shipping agency and owned three ships operating between Sydney and Melbourne by 1861. In the early 1860s, he lived for a period at Bergalia station near Moruya, but returned to Sydney in 1865 and worked at his agency until 1894.[cite web]
first=Martha
last=Rutledge
title = Clarke, Henry (1822 - 1907)
publisher =Australian National University
work=Australian Dictionary of Biography
url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030389b.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-22] Parliamentary career
In 1860, he contested the seat of Eden and lost to Daniel Egan. In 1869 he re-contested Eden and won. He held the seat continually until he was beaten 1894 by William Wood and then after a gap of 13 months won a by-election for Bega, which he held until 1904. He was briefly Postmaster General in early 1889. He was noted as a hard-working parliamentarian.[cite web]
title =Mr Henry Clarke (1822 - 1907)
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/3464db4a7efa4987ca256cbd008204d4!OpenDocument
accessdate = 2007-03-22] Clarke died in Randwick. On his eightieth birthday he had claimed to have two hundred grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.References
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NAME=Clarke, Henry
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH= 22 June 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH=Maghera, County Londonderry, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH= 22 November 1907
PLACE OF DEATH= Randwick, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
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