Charles Edward Nicholson
Charles Edward Nicholson VD (1854 – 24 September 1931) was an Australian politician.
He was born in West Maitland to grazier William Nicholson and Mary Ann Ryan. He was a solicitor's clerk before joining the Newcastle post office in 1876, soon rising to assistant postmaster and then postmaster in 1880. From 1882 he was crown lands agent at Coonabarabran; he resigned in 1888 to return to Maitland to farm. He served in the Boer War as a captain and was mentioned in despatches three times. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1911 as the Liberal member for Maitland. During World War I he served with the Hunter River Lancers and the Australian Light Horse as a major and then on Sea Transport staff from 1916 to 1917 as a lieutenant colonel. He was defeated in 1920, and after another unsuccessful run in 1925 retired from politics. Nicholson died in Maitland in 1931.[1]
References
- ↑ "Major Charles Edward Nicholson (1854–1931)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
| New South Wales Legislative Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by John Gillies |
Member for Maitland 1911–1920 |
Succeeded by Walter Bennett William Cameron Walter O'Hearn |