John Daniel FitzGerald

John Daniel FitzGerald (11 June 1862 – 4 July 1922) was an Australian politician.

The Honourable John Daniel FitzGerald
Vice-President of the Executive Council
In office 27 April 1915 – 30 July 1919
Premier	William Holman
Preceded by	Frederick Flowers
Succeeded by	David Hall
Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
In office 15 June 1915 – 4 July 1922
Personal details
Born	(1862-06-11)11 June 1862 Shellharbour, Colony of New South Wales
Died	4 July 1922(1922-07-04) (aged 60) Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse(s)	Octavie Camille Clara Ernestine Roche

Born in Shellharbour to schoolteacher John Daniel FitzGerald and Mary Ann Cullen, he attended Shellharbour Public School, Fort Street Public School and St Mary's Cathedral School in Sydney before being apprenticed as a compositor in Bathurst. A founding member of the New South Wales Typographical Association, he served as its president from 1887 to 1888. On 26 May 1892 he married Octavie Camille Clara Ernestine Roche at Chelsea in England, with whom he would have one daughter.

In 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for West Sydney; he was expelled from the party in 1893 and defeated in 1894. He later rejoined the party, becoming president in 1901 and a member opf the central executive from (1911–16). In 1900 was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. He was a Sydney City Councillor from 1900 to 1904.

In 1915 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, serving as Vice-President of the Executive Council (1915–19). He was the Representative of the Holman Labor government in the Legislative Council from 1915 until 1916 when Holman and his supporters, including Fitzgerald, were expelled from the Labor Party for supporting conscription. Holman continued as Premier with the support of the Liberal Reform Party, later merging to become the Nationalist Party. Fitzgerald continued as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Government Representative in the Legislative Council (1915–18). Other ministerial positions he held in the Holman government were Minister for Public Health (1916–19), Minister for Local Government (1916–20), Minister for Justice and Solicitor General (1919–20), and Assistant Minister for Public Instruction (1916).

FitzGerald died at Darling Point in 1922.[1]

References

1. "Mr John Daniel FitzGerald (1862-1922)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Francis Abigail	Member for West Sydney 1891 – 1894 With: Black, Davis, Kelly	District abolished
Political offices
Preceded by Fred Flowers	Representative of the Government in the Legislative Council 1915 – 1918	Succeeded by John Garland
	Vice-President of the Executive Council 1915 – 1919	Succeeded by David Hall
Preceded by George Black	Minister for Public Health 1916 – 1919	Succeeded by David Storey
New title	Minister for Local Government 1916 – 1920	Succeeded by Thomas Mutch
Preceded by John Garland	Minister for Justice 1919 – 1920	Succeeded by Edward McTiernan
	Solicitor General for New South Wales 1919 – 1920	Succeeded by Robert Sproule