John Tyrel Explained

John Tyrel
Constituency Am1:Carnarvon
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:8 January 1876
Term End1:1 October 1883
Predecessor1:William Miles
Successor1:Justin Foxton
Birth Date:1840
Birth Place:Worcester, England
Death Date:15 July 1885 (aged 44 or 45)
Death Place:Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
Birthname:John de Poix Tyrel
Nationality:English Australian
Spouse:Elizabeth Ann Farley (m.1880)
Occupation:Auctioneer

John de Poix Tyrel (1840 – 15 July 1885) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Personal

Tyrel was born in 1840 in Worcester, England, the son of John de Poix Tyrel Snr. and Mary Christina (née Chapman). A member of the Church of England, he had a private education in London and Worcester and arrived in Queensland in 1864 and became the manager of the Redland Bay Sugar Plantation. In 1872 he was an auctioneer and commercial agent in Stanthorpe.

On 13 November 1880, Tyrel married Elizabeth, the widow of Charles Farley, on 13 November 1880, at Stanthorpe. He died there in July 1885.

Community involvement

He was elected a member of the Royal Colonial Institute in 1880[2] and a member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows in 1883.

Politics

Tyrel won the by-election in January 1876 for the electorate of Carnarvon to replace William Miles,[3] who had resigned in October the previous year. He went on to represent Carnavon until the 1883 Queensland colonial election when he retired from politics.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tyrel, John de Poix. Queensland Parliament. 29 June 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701151842/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=1329092699. 1 July 2015. dmy-all.
  2. News: THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE. . . Sydney . 1 May 1880 . 29 June 2015 . 42 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Telegraphic. . . XXX . 2,695 . 10 January 1876 . 20 August 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.