Alexander Hutchison (1838–1917)

Alexander Hutchison (1838 – 1 August 1917) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.

This article is about the member for Canterbury. For the member for Glen Innes, see Alexander Hutchison (1838–1908).

He was born at Kilmarnock in Ayrshire. He was educated at Galston and in 1859 went to Glasgow to work for a publishing firm. On 23 January 1857 he married Martha Bryce, with whom he had three children. He migrated to New South Wales in 1876, establishing a publishing firm at Maitland, which eventually had branches in Sydney, Newcastle, Tamworth and Tinonee. In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Canterbury, serving until 1891. Hutchison died at Arcadia in 1917.[1]

References

1. "Mr Alexander Hutchison (1) (1838-1917)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Mark Hammond William Judd Septimus Stephen	Member for Canterbury 1887–1891 Served alongside: Carruthers, Davis/Wilshire, Henson/Wheeler	Succeeded by Thomas Bavister Cornelius Danahey James Eve