Mathew Mellor | |
Constituency Am1: | Wide Bay |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 7 September 1883 |
Term End1: | 5 May 1888 |
Predecessor1: | Thomas Price |
Successor1: | Horace Tozer |
Alongside1: | William Bailey |
Constituency Am2: | Gympie |
Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 5 May 1888 |
Term End2: | 29 April 1893 |
Predecessor2: | New seat |
Successor2: | Andrew Fisher |
Alongside2: | William Smyth |
Birth Date: | 1839 |
Birth Place: | Leek, Staffordshire, England |
Death Date: | 17 February 1899 |
Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Restingplace: | Gympie Cemetery |
Birthname: | Mathew Mellor |
Nationality: | English |
Spouse: | Martha Pache, Mary Ann Bouchard (m.1880) |
Occupation: | Farmer, Timber cutter, Butcher |
Mathew Mellor (1839 – 17 February 1899) was a politician in Queensland, Australia.[1] He was mayor of Gympie and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[2]
Mellor was the first mayor of the Borough of Gympie (later City of Gympie). He served first from 1880 to 1881 and then again in 1897.[3]
Mellor also served two terms as a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, holding the seat of Wide Bay from 1883 to 1888 and Gympie from 1888 to 1893.
Mellor married Martha Pache and they had two sons. He then married Mary Ann Bouchard on 24 February 1880.[4] Together three sons and four daughters.
Dying in 1899, Mellor was buried in the Gympie Cemetery.[5]