Edward Mulcahy (politician)

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Edward Mulcahy
Senator for Tasmania
In office
15 January 1919 – 30 June 1920
Preceded byJames Long
In office
1 January 1904 – 10 May 1910
Personal details
Born(1850-03-28)28 March 1850
Nationalist
(1917–19)
Children
Mary Bromwich
(m. 1878; died 1890)

Sarah Bromwich
(m. 1893; died 1910)

Rosie Winter
(m. 1913)
OccupationBusinessman

Edward Mulcahy (28 March 1850 – 23 October 1927) was an

Nationalist, filling the vacancy caused by Labor Senator James Long's resignation. He retired in 1919.[1][2]

Personal life

Mulcahy married dressmaker Mary Ann Bromwich in 1878,[2] but was widowed in 1890.[3] He remarried in 1893 to his first wife's sister Sarah Jane Bromwich.[2] He was widowed a second time in 1910,[4] and married a third time in 1913 to Rosie Bernard Winter. He had six daughters and three sons from his three marriages, dying in Hobart on 23 October 1927 at the age of 77.[2]

References

  1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  2. ^ a b c d Bennett, Scott (2000). "Mulcahy, Edward (1850–1927)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Vol. 1. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Deaths". Tasmanian News. 27 December 1890. Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Deaths". The Mercury. 16 May 1910. Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via Trove.