Henry Stevens (Australian politician) explained

Henry Stevens
Constituency Am1:Rosewood
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:16 September 1911
Term End1:16 March 1918
Predecessor1:Denis Keogh
Successor1:William Cooper
Birth Date:1854
Birth Place:South Brisbane, Colony of New South Wales
Death Date:15 November 1935 (aged 80-81)
Death Place:Rosewood, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Tallegalla Cemetery
Birthname:Henry Moreton Stevens
Nationality:Australian
Party:Queensland Liberal
Otherparty:Ministerialist
Spouse:Helen Hunt Mossop (m.1880 d.1904), Jessie Mabel Webster (m.1911 d.1956)
Occupation:Company director

Henry Moreton Stevens (1854 - 15 November 1935) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Stevens was born at South Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Samuel Stevens, and his wife Jane (née Colton). Samuel Stevens was a cooper and an active member of the South Brisbane community, who stood for a seat as Alderman in the council elections of 1866.[2] Henry was educated at the Brisbane National School and was a director of the Lanefield Co-Operative Dairy Co. and also the Queensland Farmers' Co-Operative District Co..

On 27 October 1880 he married Helen Hunt Mossop (died 1904) at Goodna and together had one son and one daughter. Helen died in 1904 and Stevens then married Jessie Mabel Webster (died 1956) on 26 April 1911. He died in November 1935 and his funeral proceeded from the Rosewood Congregational Church to the Tallegalla Cemetery.

Public life

Stevens, the Ministerialist candidate, won the by-election in 1911 for the seat of Rosewood in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, replacing Denis Keogh, who had died in August of that year.[3] He held the seat until the 1918 state election, when he lost to William Cooper of the Labor Party.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 20 April 2016.
  2. Book: Fisher, Rod. Oh-ver' there: early days on Brisbane's SouthBank', In Whitmore, Ray (ed.) Brisbane: people, places and pageantry. Brisbane History Group. 1987.
  3. News: ROSEWOOD. . . 16,750 . Queensland, Australia . 18 September 1911 . 20 April 2016 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: SUMMARY OF THE VOTING. . . 18,772 . Queensland, Australia . 18 March 1918 . 20 April 2016 . 7 . National Library of Australia.