Albert Callan Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon
Albert Callan
Constituency Am:Fitzroy
Assembly:Queensland Legislative
Term Start:3 August 1889
Term End:11 March 1902
Predecessor:Robert Lyons
Successor:Henri Cowap
Office1:Queensland Legislative Council
Term Start1:5 July 1902
Term End1:9 May 1912
Birth Date:December 1839
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Date:9 May 1912 (aged 72)
Death Place:New Farm, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Toowong Cemetery
Birthname:Albert James Callan
Nationality:Irish Australian
Spouse:Ellen Milford (m.1870 d.1910)
Party:Ministerial
Occupation:Company director

Albert James Callan (December 1839 – 9 May 1912) was a Company director, and a member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Callan was born in Dublin, Ireland to John Bartholomew Callan and his wife Isabella (née Duthie) and educated at Jesuit's College, Dublin.[1]

Political career

Following the resignation of Robert Lyons, he entered state politics in 1889,[1] winning a by-election for the seat of Fitzroy.[2] Callan held the seat until the 1902 state election[1] which he did not contest.[3]

Callan was then appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in July 1902, remaining a member till his death ten years later.[1]

Personal life

Callan married Ellen Milford in 1870, and together had four children. He was a director of Walter Reid & Co., Mt Morgan Gold Mining Co., and the National Bank.[1]

He died in May 1912[1] and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 16 March 2015.
  2. News: THE FITZROY ELECTION. . . 5 August 1889 . 16 March 2015 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: FITZROY. . . 12 March 1902 . 16 March 2015 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  4. https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=139693 Callan Albert James