William Anderson (Victorian politician, born 1828)

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For the Victorian politician, member for Creswick and later Windermere, see William Anderson (Victorian politician, born 1853). For other people of a similar name, see William Anderson.

William Anderson.

The Honourable William Anderson (3 January 1828 – 6 May 1909),

Victorian farmer and politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1880 to 1892 for Villiers and Heytesbury
.


Early life

Anderson, the son of James Anderson and Hannah his wife, was born at Montrose, Scotland, on 3 January 1828, and was taken to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land (renamed to Tasmania in 1856), in October 1841, arriving on 1 April 1842. The family removed to Port Fairy in Victoria in 1844; and in 1849 he took over his father's business as a builder, which he managed until 1854, when he joined his father in purchasing Rosemount Farm. He became a member of the first Belfast Road Board, was elected president of the Belfast Shire Council, made a justice of the peace in 1864.[2]

Politics

Anderson sat in the

Minister of Public Works in the Gillies Government on 2 September 1890, and resigned with the rest of his colleagues in the following November.[2]

Personal life

Anderson married Ann Broadbent, a daughter of William Broadbent of Sheffield; she died on 13 May 1906. They did not have any children. Anderson died on 6 May 1909 in Colombo, Ceylon while making a trip to Britain.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hone, J. Ann. "Anderson, William (1828–1909)".
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    . Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Mennell, Philip (1892). "Anderson, Hon. William" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ "William Anderson". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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