Alexander Cunningham (or Cunninghame) Wallace Dunlop or Alexander Cunningham Fairlie Wallace-Dunlop (16 June 1809 – 21 June 1852) was a nominee member of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 1851 until his death 7 months later.
Dunlop was born in West Lothian, Scotland to Anthony Dunlop (from Ellerslie, Isle of Man) and Anne Cunningham. Arriving in the Port Phillip District in the 1840s, he became a magistrate in 1851. 31 October 1851 Dunlop was nominated to the Victorian Legislative Council. His nomination to the Legislative Council was announced in the Victoria Government Gazette of 5 November 1851. Dunlop died in Melbourne, his funeral was held on 24 June 1852. He was replaced in the Council by Joseph Anderson.
References
- ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 166. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Alexander Cunningham Fairlie Wallace-Dunlop". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Victoria Government Gazette (per 1851-18)". Victoria Government Gazette. Victorian Government Printer. 5 November 1851. p. 1851:713.
- "Notice The funeral of the late A. C. Wallace Dunlop, Esq, MLC". The Argus. Melbourne. 24 June 1852. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
| Victorian Legislative Council | ||
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| New seat | Nominated Member 31 October 1851 – 21 June 1852 |
Succeeded byJoseph Anderson |