Joseph Hodel Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Joseph Hodel
Office1:Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
Term Start1:3 July 1914
Term End1:23 March 1922
Birth Date:1850 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Death Place:Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Birthname:Joseph Hodel
Nationality:English Australian
Spouse:Johanna Hickey (d. 1869 d. 1876), Sarah Ann Waldie (m. 1891)
Occupation:Bakery proprietor, livery stable proprietor, publican
Relations:Edmund Plant (brother-in-law)

Joseph Hodel (1850–1943) was a businessman and politician in Queensland, Australia.

Early life

Joseph Hodel was born on 9 October 1850 at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. His parents were François Charles Hodel (a carpenter) and his wife Anne (née Fauvel). His parents and their ten children immigrated to Brisbane, Queensland, from where they went to work for Robert Towns at his Townsvale plantation (between Veresdale and Gleneagle).[1] He opened a bakery in Townsville in 1870.[2]

Political life

For 23 years between 1884 and 1922, Joseph Hodel was a council member of the Thuringowa Divisional Board and its successor the Shire of Thuringowa and served as chairman on 14 occasions.[3]

He was a member of the Townsville City Council from 1895 and was mayor in 1910.[2]

Joseph Hodel was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council (a life appointment) from 3 July 1914 to the abolition of the Council on 23 March 1922.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Veresdale. Logan City Council. 21 December 2013. 24 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224101540/http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/about-logan/suburbs/veresdale. live.
  2. Web site: Manion . Jim . Hodel, Joseph (1850–1943) . 21 December 2013 . Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University . 24 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224155449/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hodel-joseph-6693 . live .
  3. Web site: Joseph Hodel MLA, Chairman of Thuringowa Shire . . 21 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110202/http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/facilities/libraries/history/Documents/HERITAGE%20INFO%20SHEET%209%20-%20Joseph%20Hodel.pdf . 24 December 2013 .
  4. 27 April 2020.