Abram Moriarty

Abram Orpen Moriarty (1830 – 22 May 1918) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

Abram Orpen Moriarty
Born	1830 County Cork, Ireland
Died	22 May 1918(1918-05-22) (aged 88) Goulburn, New South Wales
Nationality	Irish
Education	Trinity College Dublin
Occupation	Engineer
Spouse(s)	Harriett Christiana Powell (1856-1893)
Parent(s)	Merion Marshall Moriarty Annie Orpen
Engineering career
Discipline	politician

He was born in County Cork to Merion Marshall Moriarty and Anne Orpen. The family migrated to Sydney in 1843 and he became a clerk in the Department of Lands and then a police magistrate at Armidale. On 24 April 1856 he married Harriett Christiana Powell, with whom he had thirteen children. In February 1858 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for New England and Macleay, but he resigned in October to serve as clerk of the Executive Council. He was later clerk to the Queensland Executive Council and chairman of the Goulburn Land Board (1885). Moriarty retired in 1896 and died at Goulburn in 1918.[1][2][3]

References

1. "Mr Abram Orpen Moriarty (1830-1918)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. Maher, J T. "Abram Orpen Moriarty". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 16 September 2016 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
3. "Obituary". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 23 May 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
   "Mr A O Moriaty dead". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 May 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Richard Hargrave Thomas Rusden	Member for New England and Macleay 1858 Served alongside: William Taylor	Succeeded by James Hart