Francis Cotton (politician)
Francis Cotton (5 May 1857 – 28 November 1942) was an Australian politician.
Born in
Labor member for Newtown
, serving until 1894.
On 8 June 1891, he supported the formation of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales, saying that "equality was the soul of equity."[1] In April 1892 he chaired a debate between Eliza Ashton and Rose Scott on Ashton's controversial views on marriage laws.[2]
From 1895 to 1901 he was member for Newtown-Camperdown, this time for the Free Trade Party. Cotton died in Sydney in 1942.[3]
References
- ^ "The Womanhood Suffrage League". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 10 June 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ Ashton, Eliza Ann (26 April 1892). "Woman and the marriage laws". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. p. 6. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Mr Francis Cotton (1857-1942)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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