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Henry Turner (10 November 1844 – 9 August 1932) was a member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Turner was born in November 1844 at Aynho, Northamptonshire, England to Thomas Turner and his wife Leah (née Fathers). He was apprenticed in a plant nursery and then worked as a gardener. Upon arriving in Rockhampton in 1880, he worked at the local meatworks for many years where he began to take an active interest in the labour movement.

Political career

Upon the resignation of James Stewart to stand for a senate seat in the 1901 federal election, Turner, representing the Labour Party, contested the subsequent by-election in June of that year and defeated the Ministerial candidate, John Linnett. The election outcome was successfully challenged in the courts by Linnett and he was declared duly elected.

Turner once again won the seat at the 1902 state election and in the 1904 state election and remained the sitting member till his resignation in May 1907. Two months later, Premier William Kidston appointed Turner to the Legislative Council, remaining there until the Labour members of the Council voted to abolish the Council in March 1922.

Personal life

Turner married Louisa Langford Stevens in Middlesex in 1866. The couple had 5 children. His wife Louisa died on 11 February 1882 and was buried in the North Rockhampton Cemetery. He subsequently married Ida Martha Ridgewell (b. 29 March 1879; d. 1965) and they had two children, Gwendoline Ida (1911-1975) and Geoffrey Ridgewell (1918-1998).

Henry died in Brisbane in 1932 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.

References

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4. 1901 Senate Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Psephos. Retrieved 29 March.
5. "NORTH ROCKHAMPTON ELECTION". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 24 June 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
6. "ROCKHAMPTON NORTH ELECTION". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 October 1901. p. 5. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
7. "ROCKHAMPTON NORTH". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 12 March 1902. p. 6. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
8. "STATE GOVERNMENT". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 4 July 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
9. "FreeBMD - Search". www.freebmd.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
10. "Record details of Louisa Turner". www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
11. "Burial Indexes". www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
12. Turner Henry Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Council
• Colony of Queensland people
• 1844 births
• 1932 deaths
• People from Aynho
• English emigrants to colonial Australia
• Burials at Toowong Cemetery
• Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland