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Australian politician

Edmund Lonsdale
Member of the Australian Parliament
for New England
In office
16 December 1903 – 12 December 1906
Preceded byWilliam Sawers
Succeeded byFrank Foster
Personal details
Born31 October 1843
Morpeth, New South Wales
Died4 October 1913(1913-10-04) (aged 69)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyFree Trade Party
OccupationBricklayer, builder

Edmund Lonsdale (31 October 1843 – 4 October 1913) was an Australian politician. Born in Morpeth, New South Wales, he was schooled in Maitland before becoming a bricklayer, builder and contractor. He was also an alderman on Armidale Shire Council.

At the 1891 election he stood as a Free Trade candidate for New England and was the third of three members elected. Multi-member electorates were abolished for the 1894 election and Lonsdale was the Free Trade candidate for Armidale, however he was unsuccessful. He stood again at the Armidale and was elected with 50.4% of the vote. He only held the seat for one term, defeated by Charles Wilson at the 1898 election, with 43.7% of the vote.

Lonsdale was unsuccessful at the 1901 federal election for the seat of New England, but then returned to the Legislative Assembly, defeating Wilson at the 1901 state election, with 50.8% of the vote. He resigned in 1903 to successfully contest New England at the 1903 federal election. He only held the seat for one term, defeated at the 1906 federal election Lonsdale again then returned to the Legislative Assembly at the 1907 state election, with 52.0% of the vote, holding the seat at the 1910 state election, with 51.3% of the vote.

Lonsdale was severely injured when hit by a motor car at Hill Street, Uralla, on the evening of 4 October 1913; he died soon after while being transported to Armidale Hospital on a freight train. He died in office aged 69.

References

  1. ^ "Mr Edmund Lonsdale (1843-1913)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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  9. Carr, Adam. "1906 legislative election: House of Representatives: New South Wales". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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  11. Green, Antony. "1910 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  12. Armidale Express, 10 October 1913, p. 4.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded byNew (third) seat Member for New England
1891 – 1894
Served alongside: Inglis, Copeland 		Succeeded byAbolished
Preceded byHenry Copeland Member for Armidale
1895 – 1898 		Succeeded byCharles Wilson
Preceded byCharles Wilson Member for Armidale
1901 – 1903 		Succeeded bySydney Kearney
Parliament of Australia
Preceded byWilliam Sawers Member for New England
1903 – 1906 		Succeeded byFrank Foster
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded bySydney Kearney Member for Armidale
1907 – 1913 		Succeeded byGeorge Braund


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