Isidor Lissner

Isidor Lissner
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Kennedy
In office 25 November 1873 – 28 November 1878 Serving with Arthur Rutledge
Preceded by	Henry Palmer
Succeeded by	George Jackson
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cairns
In office 4 April 1896 – 11 March 1899
Preceded by	Thomas Joseph Byrnes
Succeeded by	Thomas Givens
Personal details
Born	Isidor Siegfried Lissner 1832 Posen, Prussia
Died	22 July 1902 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Nationality	Prussian
Political party	Ministerialist
Spouse(s)	Louisa Margaret Ross[1]
Occupation	Goldminer, Storekeeper
Religion	Jewish[2]

Isidor Siegfried Lissner (1832 – 22 July 1902)^[3] was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Lissner was born in Posen, Prussia, the son of Siegfried Lissner and Julia Gluckmann.^[2]

Mining

He emigrated in 1856 to Victoria (Australia), where, after a varied experience on the gold diggings, he went to New Zealand and subsequently to Queensland, where he first settled at Ravenswood, Queensland and then moved to Charters Towers.^[4] Lissner came to England with Mr. Black in 1887 as the representative of the Charters Towers miners to assist Harold Finch-Hatton in pressing the question of North Queensland Separation on the attention of the Home Government.^[4]

Politics

Lissner was member for Kennedy from 5 October 1883 to 13 May 1893, (Secretary for Mines and Public Works 27 March 1893 to 25 May 1893) and member for Cairns from 4 April 1896 to 11 March 1899.^[5]

Later life

Lissner died in 1902 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.^[6]

The heritage-listed Lissner Park in Charters Towers is named after him.^[7]

References

1. Births, Deaths, Marriages — Government of Queensland. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
2. Chapter 7. Isidor Lissner and the politics of the eighties — James Cook University. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
3. "Former Members Register". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
4. Mennell, Philip (1892). " Lissner, Isodor". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource 
5. "Alphabetical Register Of Members Of The Legislative Assembly 1860-2012" (PDF). Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
6. Lissner Isidor Seigfrid — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
7. "Boer War Veterans Memorial Kiosk and Lissner Park (entry 600397)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.