Albert Fudge Explained

Albert Fudge
Constituency Am1:Mackay
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:27 August 1904
Term End1:18 May 1907
Predecessor1:David Dalrymple
Successor1:Edward Swayne
Alongside1:Walter Paget
Birth Date:30 January 1858
Birth Place:Yeovil, Somerset, England
Death Place:Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Mackay Cemetery
Birthname:Albert John Wellman Fudge
Spouse:Naomi Brown (m.1884 d.1946)
Party:Labour Party
Occupation:Carpenter

Albert John Wellman Fudge (30 January 1858 – 7 November 1949) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Fudge was born in Yeovil, Somerset, the son of John Wellman Fudge and his wife Sarah (née Northover). He was educated in Yeovil and arrived in Queensland in 1884. He continued the craft he had learned in England as a carpenter until 1895 when he took up a selection of land at Mirani.[1]

On 27 December 1884[1] he married Naomi Brown (died 1946)[2] and together had three sons and three daughters. Fudge died in November 1949 and his funeral proceeded from the Central Methodist Church in Mackay to the Mackay Cemetery.[3]

Public career

Fudge, representing the Labour Party, won one of the seats in the two-member electorate of Mackay at the 1904 Queensland state election, serving alongside Walter Paget.[4] He did not stand at the following state election held in 1907.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 22 May 2016.
  2. News: Advertising . . 80 . 28 . Queensland, Australia . 1 February 1946 . 22 May 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Family Notices . . 83 . 266 . Queensland, Australia . 8 November 1949 . 22 May 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: GENERAL ELECTIONS. . . 97 . 67 . Queensland, Australia . 30 August 1904 . 22 May 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.