Henry Osborn (politician)

Henry Osborn (politician)

Infobox MLA | name =Henry Osborn
birth_date =2 June 1859
birth_place =Victoria Plains, Western Australia
death_date =22 July 1937
death_place =Bruce Rock, Western Australia
constituency =Roebourne
spouse = Ada Reynolds; Elizabeth Bufton
profession =
religion = Anglican|

Henry Osborn (2 June 1859—22 July 1937) was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1908 until 1911 representing the seat of Roebourne, as well as the mayor of two different municipalities in Western Australia.

Biography

Osborn was born in the Victoria Plains region to William Osborn, a blacksmith, and Sarah nèe Newsom. He was educated locally, and in 1884, moved to the North West region where he worked at first as a labourer, then as a blacksmith and wheelwright in the town of Roebourne, as well as working as an undertaker. On 23 May 1888, he married Ada Reynolds at the Cossack Church, but she died only nine months later. Osborn then became a carrier of gold between the Pilbara goldfields and Roebourne, but later returned to Roebourne where, by 1893, he had taken up employment as the publican at the Jubilee Hotel with his sister Rose. On 19 December 1894, he married Elizabeth Bufton at Roebourne, with whom he was to have two sons and one daughter. The following year, he was elected mayor of the Roebourne Municipal Council, in which capacity he served for two years.

In 1900, he moved to Midland Junction and became a partner in an aerated waters firm. He was elected mayor of the Midland Junction Municipal Council in 1907, a position he would hold for five years, and at the September 1908 state election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for a three-year term as the Ministerial member for Roebourne. At the October 1911 state election, he was defeated by a Labor candidate.

In 1910, following Minister for Lands James Mitchell's call for men to take up land and populate the interior, Osborn and his brother acquired land in Bruce Rock in the Eastern Wheatbelt region, where he farmed for the rest of his life. He became involved in the Bruce Rock Co-operative Society, and was its inaugural chairman from 1917 until his death.

Osborn died on 22 July 1937 at Bruce Rock, where he was buried. [Black and Bolton 2001]

References

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NAME=Osborn, Henry
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DATE OF BIRTH=2 June 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH=Victoria Plains, Western Australia
DATE OF DEATH=22 July 1937
PLACE OF DEATH=Bruce Rock, Western Australia


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