William_Speer_(politician)

William Speer (politician)

William Speer (politician)

Irish-born Australian politician


William Speer (1818 20 September 1900) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

William Speer

Speer was born in County Tyrone[1] and migrated to Australia in 1841. Elected an alderman of the Sydney Municipal Council in 1858, he served as mayor in 1864.[2] In 1869 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for West Sydney, but he did not re-contest in 1872. Speer died at Glebe Point in 1900.[1]


References

  1. "Mr William Speer (1818-1900)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. "William Speer". SYDNEY'S ALDERMEN. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

 

More information New South Wales Legislative Assembly ...

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article William_Speer_(politician), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.