Harry Clayton (politician) explained

Harry Clayton
Constituency Am1:Wide Bay
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:9 October 1920
Term End1:30 December 1946
Predecessor1:Andrew Thompson
Successor1:James Heading
Birth Date:1889 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Tinana, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Maryborough Cemetery
Birthname:Ernest Henry Collet Clayton
Nationality:Australian
Party:Country Party
Spouse:Emily Cheyne (m.1915 d.1927), Gladys Cheyne (m.1928 d.1975)
Occupation:Farmer

Ernest Henry Collet Clayton (9 November 1889 – 30 December 1946) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Clayton was born in Tinana, Queensland, the son of the Rev.[2] John Edward Clayton and his wife Frances Elizabeth (née Mills). He attended Maryborough Grammar School and upon leaving became a dairy farmer and grew sugarcane.[1]

On 17 March 1915, Booker married Emily Cheyne and together had a son and a daughter.[1] Emily died in 1927 and the next year[1] he married her sister,[3] Gladys Cheyne (died 1975).[3] He died in December 1946 after a long illness[2] and was buried in the Maryborough Cemetery the same day.[4]

Public life

Clayton started his career in politics by being a councillor on the Tinana Shire Council in 1910. He was also a member of the Burrum Shire Council and the Tiaro Shire Council in the 1910s.

He entered Queensland state politics by winning the seat of Wide Bay at the 1920 state elections,[5] defeating the sitting member, Andrew Thompson. He held the seat for the next 26 years, dying in office in December 1946.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 25 April 2016.
  2. News: DEATH OF WIDE BAY MEMBER . . 3152 . Queensland, Australia . 31 December 1946 . 25 April 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  3. https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research
  4. http://www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/cemeteries-online?p_p_id=burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-3&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=2&_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries_action=view&_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries_id=319239&_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries_redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frasercoast.qld.gov.au%2Fcemeteries-online%3Fp_p_id%3DburialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-3%26p_p_col_pos%3D1%26p_p_col_count%3D2%26_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries_action%3Dsearch%26_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries_searchString%3DClayton%26_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries__save%3DSearch%26_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries_redirect%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.frasercoast.qld.gov.au%252Fcemeteries-online%253Fp_p_id%253DburialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries%2526p_p_lifecycle%253D0%2526p_p_state%253Dnormal%2526p_p_mode%253Dview%2526p_p_col_id%253Dcolumn-3%2526p_p_col_pos%253D1%2526p_p_col_count%253D2%26_burialAdmin_WAR_cemeteries_cemetery%3DPlease%2Bselect Deceased search
  5. News: SUMMARY OF POLLING. . . 19,573 . Queensland, Australia . 13 October 1920 . 25 April 2016 . 5 . National Library of Australia.