Isidor Lissner Explained

Isidor Lissner
Constituency Am1:Kennedy
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:25 November 1873
Term End1:28 November 1878
Predecessor1:Henry Palmer
Successor1:George Jackson
Alongside1:Arthur Rutledge
Constituency Am2:Cairns
Assembly2:Queensland Legislative
Term Start2:4 April 1896
Term End2:11 March 1899
Predecessor2:Thomas Joseph Byrnes
Successor2:Thomas Givens
Birth Date:1832
Birth Place:Posen, Prussia
Death Date:22 July 1902
Death Place:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Toowong Cemetery
Birthname:Isidor Siegfried Lissner
Nationality:Prussian
Party:Ministerialist
Spouse:Louisa Margaret Ross[1]
Occupation:Goldminer, Storekeeper

Isidor Siegfried Lissner (1832 – 22 July 1902)[2] was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Lissner was born in Posen, Prussia, the son of Siegfried Lissner and Julia Gluckmann.[3]

Mining

He emigrated in 1856 to Victoria (Australia), where, after a varied experience on the gold diggings, he went to New Zealand and subsequently to Queensland, where he first settled at Ravenswood, Queensland and then moved to Charters Towers. Lissner came to England with Mr. Black in 1887 as the representative of the Charters Towers miners to assist Harold Finch-Hatton in pressing the question of North Queensland Separation on the attention of the Home Government.

Politics

Lissner was member for Kennedy from 5 October 1883 to 13 May 1893, (Secretary for Mines and Public Works 27 March 1893 to 25 May 1893) and member for Cairns from 4 April 1896 to 11 March 1899.[4]

Later life

Lissner died in 1902 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[5]

The heritage-listed Lissner Park in Charters Towers is named after him.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/querySubmit.m?ReportName=BirthSearch Births, Deaths, Marriages
  2. Web site: Former Members Register . Queensland Parliament . 19 January 2015.
  3. http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/1571/9/09chapter7.pdf Chapter 7. Isidor Lissner and the politics of the eighties
  4. 27 April 2020.
  5. https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=193247 Lissner Isidor Seigfrid
  6. 1 August 2014.