Gordon Sandeman | |
Constituency Am1: | Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa |
Assembly1: | New South Wales Legislative |
Term Start1: | 17 April 1856 |
Term End1: | 10 October 1857 |
Predecessor1: | New seat |
Successor1: | Patrick Leslie |
Constituency Am2: | Leichhardt |
Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 30 June 1863 |
Term End2: | 13 September 1870 |
Predecessor2: | Robert Herbert |
Successor2: | John Scott |
Alongside2: | Charles Royds, Edmund Royds |
Office3: | Member of the Queensland Legislative Council |
Term Start3: | 2 January 1874 |
Term End3: | 18 August 1886 |
Birth Date: | 1810 |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Death Date: | 14 March 1897 |
Death Place: | Brondesbury, London, England |
Birthname: | Gordon Sandeman |
Nationality: | Scottish |
Occupation: | Pastoralist |
Gordon Sandeman (1810 – 14 March 1897) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Queensland Legislative Assembly, and the Queensland Legislative Council.
Sandeman was born in Edinburgh and was the son of a merchant. He emigrated to the Moreton Bay district in 1838 and established a mercantile business. He also acquired significant pastoral interests in the Wide Bay and Burnett districts. After suffering some financial difficulties in the 1880s Sandeman returned to the United Kingdom where he died aged 87.
In the first election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1856, Sandeman was elected unopposed as the member for Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa.[1] Sandeman's election occurred prior to the separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859 and his electorate was in an area which is currently part of South-East Queensland.[2] He resigned from parliament after 18 months to concentrate on his business interests.
After Queensland separated from New South Wales, Sandeman represented the seat of Leichhardt in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1863 to 1870.[3] In 1874 he was then appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council, holding that position till it was declared vacant in 1886.[3]