Edmund Lonsdale (31 October 1843 – 4 October 1913) was an Australian politician. Born in Morpeth, New South Wales, he was schooled in Maitland before becoming a bricklayer, builder and contractor. He was also an alderman on Armidale Shire Council.[1]
At the 1891 election he stood as a Free Trade candidate for New England and was the third of three members elected.[2] Multi-member electorates were abolished for the 1894 election and Lonsdale was the Free Trade candidate for Armidale, however he was unsuccessful.[3] He stood again at the Armidale and was elected with 50.4% of the vote.[4] He only held the seat for one term, defeated by Charles Wilson at the 1898 election , with 43.7% of the vote.[5]
edmund, lonsdale, october, 1843, october, 1913, australian, politician, born, morpeth, south, wales, schooled, maitland, before, becoming, bricklayer, builder, contractor, also, alderman, armidale, shire, council, member, australian, parliament, englandin, off. Edmund Lonsdale 31 October 1843 4 October 1913 was an Australian politician Born in Morpeth New South Wales he was schooled in Maitland before becoming a bricklayer builder and contractor He was also an alderman on Armidale Shire Council 1 Edmund LonsdaleMember of the Australian Parliament for New EnglandIn office 16 December 1903 12 December 1906Preceded byWilliam SawersSucceeded byFrank FosterPersonal detailsBorn31 October 1843Morpeth New South WalesDied4 October 1913 1913 10 04 aged 69 NationalityAustralianPolitical partyFree Trade PartyOccupationBricklayer builder At the 1891 election he stood as a Free Trade candidate for New England and was the third of three members elected 2 Multi member electorates were abolished for the 1894 election and Lonsdale was the Free Trade candidate for Armidale however he was unsuccessful 3 He stood again at the Armidale and was elected with 50 4 of the vote 4 He only held the seat for one term defeated by Charles Wilson at the 1898 election with 43 7 of the vote 5 Lonsdale was unsuccessful at the 1901 federal election for the seat of New England 6 but then returned to the Legislative Assembly defeating Wilson at the 1901 state election with 50 8 of the vote 7 He resigned in 1903 to successfully contest New England at the 1903 federal election 8 He only held the seat for one term defeated at the 1906 federal election 9 Lonsdale again then returned to the Legislative Assembly at the 1907 state election with 52 0 of the vote 10 holding the seat at the 1910 state election with 51 3 of the vote 11 Wilson died in office in 1913 aged 69 1 References edit a b Mr Edmund Lonsdale 1843 1913 Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 11 May 2019 Green Antony 1891 New England New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 27 July 2020 Green Antony 1894 Armidale New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 27 July 2020 Green Antony 1895 Armidale New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 27 July 2020 Green Antony 1898 Armidale New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 27 July 2020 Carr Adam 1901 legislative election House of Representatives New South Wales Psephos Adam Carr s Election Archive Retrieved 27 July 2020 Green Antony 1901 Armidale New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 27 July 2020 Carr Adam 1903 legislative election House of Representatives New South Wales Psephos Adam Carr s Election Archive Retrieved 27 July 2020 Carr Adam 1906 legislative election House of Representatives New South Wales Psephos Adam Carr s Election Archive Retrieved 27 July 2020 Green Antony 1907 Armidale New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 27 July 2020 Green Antony 1910 Armidale New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 27 July 2020 New South Wales Legislative Assembly Preceded byNew third seat Member for New England1891 1894 Served alongside Inglis Copeland Succeeded byAbolished Preceded byHenry Copeland Member for Armidale1895 1898 Succeeded byCharles Wilson Preceded byCharles Wilson Member for Armidale1901 1903 Succeeded bySydney Kearney Parliament of Australia Preceded byWilliam Sawers Member for New England1903 1906 Succeeded byFrank Foster New South Wales Legislative Assembly Preceded bySydney Kearney Member for Armidale1907 1913 Succeeded byGeorge Braund This article about an Australian Free Trade Party politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edmund Lonsdale amp oldid 1187310727, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
