William Alston Hutchinson

William Alston Hutchinson (26 March 1839 – 20 June 1897) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born at Garrigill near Cumbria in Cumberland to storekeeper Thomas Hutchinson and Jane Phillipson. He attended Alston Grammar School and migrated to Melbourne in 1857, goldmining at Castlemaine and Ballarat. In 1860 he moved to Newcastle in New South Wales, and in 1861 he married Barbara Telena Steel, with whom he had eight children. He moved to Sydney in 1872, where he became a soap and candle merchant. He was a Balmain alderman from 1878 and later mayor; he was also an alderman and mayor of Glebe. In 1882 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain, but he did not re-contest in 1885. Hutchinson died at Glebe Point in 1897.[1]

References

1. "Mr William Alston Hutchinson (1839-1897)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

 

Civic offices
Preceded by Albert Elkington	Mayor of Balmain 1881 – 1883	Succeeded by James Cameron
Preceded by Percy Charles Lucas	Mayor of The Glebe 1894 – 1896	Succeeded by William Cary
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Jacob Garrard	Member for Balmain 1882 – 1885 Served alongside: Jacob Garrard	Succeeded by John Hawthorne Solomon Hyam