John Brown (Queensland politician)

John Innes Brown (c.1881 – 3 December 1949) was a blacksmith and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

John Brown
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Logan
In office
11 May 1935 – 15 April 1944
Preceded byReginald King
Succeeded byThomas Hiley
Personal details
Born
John Innes Brown

Around 1881
Glasgow, Scotland
Died3 December 1949 (aged 68)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NationalityScottish Australian
Political partyLabor
Spouse(s)Mary Ellen Thomson (m.1913 d.1927), Euphemia Macintosh Galloway Crockatt (m.1913 d.1984)
RelationsDick Brown (brother)
OccupationBlacksmith, Insurance inspector

Early days

Brown was born at Glasgow, Scotland, to John Brown, and his wife Janet (née Kidston).[1] Arriving with his family in 1889, he attended South Brisbane State School before commencing work in the family business as a blacksmith at Coorparoo.

Brown was a founding member of the Thompson Estate Harriers Athletic Club in 1900, and the team he captained went on to represent Queensland in the first inter-state cross country championships in Sydney in 1905. In 1915 he was awarded life membership of the club.[2]

Political career

Brown entered politics in 1919 as an alderman on the Coorparoo Shire Council, rising to be its chairman. In 1928 he became an alderman on the Brisbane City Council, remaining there until 1936.[1]

At the 1935 Queensland state election, Brown, representing the Labor, won the seat of Logan by convincingly defeating the long-serving member, Reginald King.[3] He held the seat until the state election in 1944 when he was defeated by future Queensland Treasurer, Tom Hiley.[4]

During his public life he was a member of the Victoria Bridge Board, the Electricity Board; the Water and Sewerage Board and the Brisbane Tramway Trust. He was also awarded life membership of the Queensland Amateur Athletics Club and was a founding member of the Coorparoo Bowls Club.[1]

His brother, Dick Brown, also served in the Queensland Parliament, as the member for Buranda from 1935 until 1944.[5]

Personal life

On the 13 August 1913, Brown married Mary Ellen Thomson (died 1927).[6] He then married Euphemia Macintosh Galloway Crockatt (died 1984)[6] on the 27 July 1929.[1]

After a long illness,[7] Brown died 1949 and was cremated at Mount Thompson Crematorium.[8]

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References
  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. Chapter 1 - In the Beginning — Thompson Estate Eastern Suburbs (TEES) Athletics and Cross Country Club. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. "QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 13 May 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "GAINS AND LOSSES OF ALL PARTIES". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 17 April 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  6. Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  7. "DEATH OF MR. JOHN BROWN". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 6 December 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Advertising". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 5 December 1949. p. 12. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Reginald King		 Member for Logan
1935–1944		 Succeeded by
Thomas Hiley
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