William Wellington

William John Wellington (10 May 1879 – 2 March 1939) was a Miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

William Wellington
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Charters Towers
In office
22 May 1915 – 2 Mar 1939
Preceded byWynn Williams
Succeeded byArthur Jones
Personal details
Born
William John Wellington

(1879-05-10)10 May 1879
Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Died2 March 1939(1939-03-02) (aged 59)
Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeLynd Highway Cemetery
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor
Spouse(s)Violet Beatrice Annie Ruthenberg (m.1917 d.1964)
OccupationMiner

Early days

Wellington was born in Adelong, New South Wales, to parents Joseph Wellington and his wife Catherine Jane (née Bennetts). He was still an infant when his family moved to Charters Towers and he attended Charters Towers State School. At fourteen years of age he lost a leg in a mining accident and at nineteen he was Secretary of the Amalgamated Workers Association (soon to become the Australian Workers' Union), a position he held for fifteen years.[1]

He was associated with various other miners' organisations in Charters Towers, including vice-president of the Australian Labor Federation and a trustee of The Worker, the Labour-associated Newspaper.[1]

Political career

At the 1912 state election, Wellington, for the Labor Party, won the seat of Charters Towers, beating the sitting Ministerial member Robert Williams. He held the seat until his death in 1939. He rarely spoke in Parliament but when he did it was usually about the mining industry and for improvement of the conditions of workers.[1]

Personal life

On 10 April 1917, Wellington married Violet Beatrice Annie Ruthenberg (died 1964)[2] and together had three sons and three daughters.[1]

He died in office in Charters Towers in 1939[1] and was buried in the Lynd Highway Cemetery.[3]

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References
  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. Charters Towers Regional Council Burial Register — Charters Towers City Council. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Wynn Williams		 Member for Charters Towers
1915–1939		 Succeeded by
Arthur Jones
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