Henry Weedon

Sir Henry Weedon (26 March 1859 26 March 1921) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Melbourne to builder Henry Weedon and Emily Emery. He worked as a painter and decorator, eventually becoming managing partner of a photography studio. Around 1870 he married Emily Ellard, with whom he had one son; he would later marry Florence Dudley Cohen around 1897 and Florence Mary Maud McCarron around 1914. From 1899 to 1921 he served on Melbourne City Council, and was Lord Mayor from 1906 to 1908, in which year he was knighted. In 1907 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for East Melbourne. He lost his seat in 1911, but in 1919 returned to Parliament for Melbourne Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. Weedon died in Darlinghurst in Sydney in 1921.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Weedon, Sir Henry". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Samuel Gillott
Member for East Melbourne
19071911
Succeeded by
Alfred Farthing
Victorian Legislative Council
Preceded by
John Davies
Member for Melbourne
19191921
Served alongside: John McWhae
Succeeded by
Henry Cohen
Civic offices
Preceded by
Charles Pleasance
Lord Mayor of Melbourne
19061908
Succeeded by
James Burston
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.