Alec Lamont Explained

Alexander Lamont
Constituency Am1:Brisbane South
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:11 March 1902
Term End1:27 August 1904
Predecessor1:Harry Turley
Successor1:William Reinhold
Birth Date:8 February 1850
Birth Place:Cheshire, England
Death Place:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Mt Gravatt Cemetery
Birthname:Alexander James Lamont
Nationality:English Australian
Party:Ministerialist
Spouse:Ellen Bannister, Harriet Grindley Daniels (d.1922)
Occupation:Barrister

Alexander James "Alec" Lamont (8 February 1850 – 27 June 1934) was a barrister and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Lamont was born in Cheshire, England, to parents Charles Gordon Lamont and his wife Christiana (née James). He first commenced his legal service in Sydney in 1876 and in 1898 was working as a barrister in Brisbane. Later on he was the manager of Webster & Co before joining the Union Trustee Co. and the Bengal Chutney Co.[1]

Political career

Lamont was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, holding the seat of South Brisbane from 1902[1] until his defeat at the 1904 state election.[2] He had also served on the Brisbane Water and Sewerage Board and was a Trustee of the South Brisbane Cemetery Board.[1]

Personal life

Lamont married Ellen Bannister in London and later married Harriet Grindley Daniels in Liverpool and together had three sons and three daughters.[1] Lamont died in Brisbane in June 1934[1] and his funeral proceeded from Talavera, his former residence at Wellington Point to the Mt Gravatt Cemetery.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 24 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306133210/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=815430894. 6 March 2016. live. dmy-all.
  2. News: BRISBANE SOUTH. . . 29 August 1904 . 24 May 2015 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Family Notices. . . Brisbane . 29 June 1934 . 24 May 2015 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  4. https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=70550 Lamont Alexander James