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John Gannon (Australian politician)

John Gannon (Australian politician)

Australian politician

John Thomas Gannon (1830 – 5 August 1887) was a politician and solicitor in New South Wales, Australia.

He was born in Sydney in around 1830,[1][lower-alpha 1] the second child of convict James Gannon and his wife Mary née Phelps. A younger brother Michael would later be a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[3] He attended state schools before becoming an articled clerk to Bob Nichols. On 12 July 1855 he married Harriette Mary Jones, with whom he had four children. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1857.[4] before moving to Goulburn from 1859.[5]

He served as Mayor of Goulburn from 1872 to 1873.[6][7] He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Argyle at the by-election in 1881, serving until he resigned in March 1885.[1]

Death

Gannon died at Parramatta in 1887, aged around 56.[1][2][5]

His eldest son, Henry Shuttleworth followed his father, practicing as a solicitor, and was Mayor of Goulburn in 1888 and 1889, but was unsuccessful in standing for parliament at the 1890 by-election for Goulburn,[8] and the 1894 election for Argyle.[9] In 1897 he ostensibly went on holiday to Fiji, but in fact fled to the United States after misappropriating nearly £15,000 of client's money.[10][11][12]

Notes

  1. The Australian Men of Mark gives his year of birth as 1832.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mr John Thomas Gannon (1830-1887)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. [2]
    Digby, Everard, ed. (1889). Australian men of mark (PDF). Vol. 1. Sydney: Charles F Maxwell. p. 253. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Supreme Court: new attorneys". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 December 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Trove.
  5. [5]
    "Death of Mr J T Gannon". Goulburn Herald. 6 August 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Trove.
  6. [6]
    "Mayor of Borough of Goulburn". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 51. 20 February 1872. p. 466. Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Trove.
  7. [7]
    "Mayor of Borough of Goulburn". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 37. 18 February 1873. p. 508. Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Trove.
  8. [8]
    Green, Antony. "1890 Goulburn by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  9. [9]
    Green, Antony. "1894 Argyle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  10. [10]
    "Offences not otherwise described". New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime. No. 25. New South Wales, Australia. 23 June 1897. p. 221. Retrieved 17 October 2019 – via Trove.
  11. [11]
    "Law report: re Henry Shuttleworth Gannon". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 August 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2019 – via Trove.
  12. [12]
    "Estate of H. S. Gannon". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 10 July 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2019 – via Trove.

 

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