Frederick Shaw (Tasmanian politician)
Frederick Shaw (28 August 1847 - 24 August 1923) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1899 to 1903, representing the electorate of Glamorgan.[1]
Shaw was born at Swansea, Tasmania, son of pastoralist Edward Carr Shaw, and raised on his family's property, "Red Banks".[1] He was a Municipality of Glamorgan councillor for around twenty years, including several terms as warden, and was a long-serving justice of the peace, serving as chairman of the Glamorgan Court of General Sessions and a member of the Licensing Bench.[2][3]
Shaw was elected to the House of Assembly at an 1899 by-election caused by the resignation of Edward Miles.[4] He was re-elected unopposed in 1900.[5] The Glamorgan electorate was abolished in a 1903 redistribution, and Shaw did not contest that year's election.[1][6]
In later life, he suffered from partial blindness. He died at his Swansea home in 1923.[2]
His brother Bernard Shaw served as Secretary of Mines and Commissioner of Police. His sister Martha Shaw married Premier of New South Wales William Lyne, becoming Lady Lyne.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Frederick Shaw". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ a b "PERSONAL". The Mercury. Vol. CXIX, no. 17, 434. Tasmania, Australia. 28 August 1923. p. 6. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "GLAMORGAN". The Mercury. Vol. LIX, no. 6, 829. Tasmania, Australia. 14 January 1892. p. 2 (The Mercury Supplement). Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "Glamorgan". The North Western Advocate and The Emu Bay Times. Tasmania, Australia. 26 October 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "UNOPPOSED MEMBERS". The Mount Lyell Standard And Strahan Gazette. Vol. 4, no. 534. Tasmania, Australia. 6 March 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "THE NOMINATIONS". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. LXIII, no. 71. Tasmania, Australia. 24 March 1903. p. 4 (DAILY.). Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "DEATH OF LADY LYNE". Truth. No. 677. New South Wales, Australia. 26 July 1903. p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "THE GLAMORGAN ELECTION". Emu Bay Times And North West And West Coast Advocate. Vol. XVII, no. 148. Tasmania, Australia. 10 October 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via Trove.