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Samuel Vincent Winter

Samuel Vincent "Stormy" Winter (23 March 1843 – 16 October 1904) was a newspaper proprietor and editor in the colony of

Victoria, Australia. He served two terms as mayor of Richmond, Victoria, in the second instance being distinguished as the first mayor of the City of Richmond
.

History

Samuel was born in the

Michael O'Grady, he founded The Advocate
, a newspaper oriented towards the Irish Catholic community, and of which he was manager and editor for several years, when he handed it over to his brother Joseph. He then led a consortium to purchase
Herald and Weekly Times
Newspaper Company, and editor-in-chief of the company's publications.

Politics

In 1875, he was elected a councillor of Richmond, and was at the forefront in introducing the city's tramways system. In 1877 he was elected Mayor of the municipality, and again in 1881, shortly before Richmond became a city on 17 February 1882. He laid the foundation stones of the South Richmond Free Library in 1877 and of the Swan Street east bridge over the Yarra River in 1881.[3]

He was in 1877 and again in 1883 a candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Richmond, but was not elected.

He lived most of his adult life at Church Street, Richmond, led a very private life in his last years, and died at his residence, Walsh-street, South Yarra, after a very short illness, and had a private funeral.[5]

Other interests

  • Samuel was a founding member of the Australian Natives' Association.
  • He was Secretary of St. Patrick's Society for seven years, relinquishing the post when he took up the Herald, and was subsequently elected president.[3]

Family

Samuel's brother Joseph Winter (26 October 1844 – 2 December 1915) took over management and editorship of The Advocate around 1870. Another brother John Winter ( – ) was in the Public Service. Youngest brother James Winter ( – ) married Bridget Comber on 23 September 1872

S. V. Winter married Lucy Helen Stodart (c. 1846 – 6 May 1882) on 14 May 1863.[1] Their children included:

  • Samuel Stodart Winter (1867 – 15 January 1933?) married Ellen Barry (1866–1913) in 1889. He married again, to Catherine Brooks in 1915
  • Joseph Stodart Winter (c. December 1870 – 1950)
  • Lucy Helen Winter ( – ) married James Henry Dodds on 1 August 1899
  • John Stodart Winter (c. December 1876 – )

He may have married again, to Miss Scott of Richmond, some time after May 1888.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Geoffrey Serle, 'Winter, Samuel Vincent (1843–1904)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/winter-samuel-vincent-4875/text8153, published first in hardcopy 1976, accessed online 28 June 2016
  2. ^ "Mr. Samuel Vincent Winter". Table Talk. No. 220. Victoria, Australia. 6 September 1889. p. 7. Retrieved 28 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^
    Weekly Times
    . No. 1, 837. Victoria, Australia. 22 October 1904. p. 13. Retrieved 29 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Weekly Times
    . No. 1, 354. Victoria, Australia. 20 July 1895. p. 21. Retrieved 29 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. The Freeman's Journal
    . Vol. LV, no. 3433. Sydney. 22 October 1904. p. 19. Retrieved 28 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Family Notices". Table Talk. No. 152. Victoria, Australia. 18 May 1888. p. 9. Retrieved 29 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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