Harry Clayton (Queensland politician)

Harry Clayton
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Wide Bay
In office
9 October 1920  30 December 1946
Preceded by Andrew Thompson
Succeeded by James Heading
Personal details
Born Ernest Henry Collet Clayton
(1889-11-09)9 November 1889
Tinana, Queensland, Australia
Died 30 December 1946(1946-12-30) (aged 57)
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Resting place Maryborough Cemetery
Nationality Australian
Political party Country Party
Spouse(s) Emily Cheyne (m.1915 d.1927), Gladys Cheyne (m.1928 d.1975),
Occupation Farmer
Religion Church of England

Ernest Henry Collet "Harry" Clayton (9 November 1889 - 30 December 1946) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Clayton was born in Tinana, Queensland, the son of the Rev.[2] John Edward Clayton and his wife Frances Elizabeth (née Mills). He attended Maryborough Grammar School and upon leaving became a dairy farmer and grew sugarcane.[1]

On the 17th March 1915, Booker married Emily Cheyne and together had a son and a daughter.[1] Emily died in 1927 and the next year[1] he married her sister,[3] Gladys Cheyne (died 1975).[3] He died in December 1946 after a long illness[2] and was buried in the Maryborough Cemetery the same day.[4]

Public life

Clayton started his career in politics by being a councilor on the Tinana Shire Council in 1910. He was also a member of the Burrum Shire Council and the Tiaro Shire Council in the 1910s.

He entered Queensland state politics by winning the seat of Wide Bay at the 1920 state elections,[5] defeating the sitting member, Andrew Thompson. He held the seat for the next 26 years, dying in office in December 1946.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "DEATH OF WIDE BAY MEMBER". The Courier-mail (3152) (Queensland, Australia). 31 December 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 Family history research Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. Deceased search Fraser Coast Regional Council Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  5. "SUMMARY OF POLLING.". The Brisbane Courier (19,573) (Queensland, Australia). 13 October 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 25 April 2016 via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Andrew Thompson
Member for Wide Bay
19201946
Succeeded by
James Heading
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