Charles McGhie

The Hon
Charles McGhie
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
4 May 1904 – 21 January 1917
Personal details
Born
Charles Stewart McGhie

(1839-05-17)17 May 1839
Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Died21 January 1917(1917-01-21) (aged 77)
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeMaryborough Cemetery
NationalityScottish Australian
SpouseMaria Holmes (m.1866 d.1904)
OccupationShipwright, newspaper proprietor, railway employee

Charles Stewart McGhie (17 May 1839 – 21 January 1917) was a shipwright, newspaper proprietor, and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

Early years

McGhie was born at Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in 1863 to William McGhie and his wife Elizabeth (née Stewart) and attended a local Government school.[1] After spending his early manhood at sea, he settled in Queensland. On his arrival, he joined the Railways, which became his career for the next thirty years.[2]

Political life

McGhie became actively interested in politics and was one of the pioneers of the Labour movement in Maryborough becoming a partner in the local labour newspaper, The Alert. He was an alderman, serving for nine years[2] and was mayor of Maryborough in 1898.[1]

In 1899, he represented the Labour Party in standing for the two-member state seat of Maryborough, coming fourth behind the two Ministerialists, Annear and Bartholomew.[3]

McGhie was appointed by the Morgan ministry to the Queensland Legislative council in May 1904,[4] serving for over 12 years till his death in 1917.[1]

Personal life

McGhie married Maria Holmes in April 1866 and together they had nine children.[1] Dying in 1917, his funeral proceeded from his residence in Ferry Street[2] to the Maryborough Cemetery.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "[No heading]". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 23 January 1917. p. 5. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ "THE MARYBOROUGH ELECTION". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 13 March 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. ^ "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 4 May 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. ^ Record Details – Fraser Coast Regional Council. Retrieved 21 March.