Alban Riley

Alban Joseph Riley (8 June 1844 – 24 July 1914) was an Australian politician. He was mayor of the City of Sydney and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

Alban Joseph Riley, newly elected Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for South Sydney, 1887

Early life

Riley was born at Balmain to softgoods merchant Alban Joseph Riley and Juliana Lyons. He was educated privately at Maitland, and in 1859 was apprenticed to a draper. He established his own branches around 1868 at Bathurst and Maitland. On 4 October 1870 he married Eleanor Harriett Birkenhead.[1][2]

Politics

Riley's name over the entrance to the Sydney Corn Exchange building

Riley was a Burwood alderman in 1884. He served on Sydney City Council from 1885 to 1891 and was mayor in 1887. Also in 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for South Sydney, but he was defeated in 1889. Appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1891, he was forced to leave it in 1893 when he was declared bankrupt.[1][3]

Later life

Riley died at his home Tulloona, Park Road, Burwood on 24 July 1914.[1][4][5] He was buried in Rookwood Cemetery on 26 July 1914.[6]

Legacy

The Corn Exchange built in 1887 has his name and that he was mayor in 1887 over the corner door.

References

"Mr Alban Joseph Riley (1844-1914)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
Rutledge, Martha. "Riley, Alban Joseph". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
"A big bankruptcy". The Australian Star. 24 November 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via Trove.
"Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 July 1914. p. 18. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via Trove.
"Death of Mr A J Rile y". The Maitland Daily Mercury. 27 July 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via Trove.
"Funeral of Mr A J Riley". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 1914. p. 10. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via Trove.

External links

"State celebrities". The Wollondilly Press. 7 December 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via Trove.
McCormack, Terri (2011). "Riley, Alban Joseph". Dictionary of Sydney.
"Alban Joseph Riley". City of Sydney.
"Political". Australian Town and Country Journal. 25 June 1887. p. 13 – via Trove.

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by John Davies Archibald Forsyth Joseph Olliffe	Member for South Sydney 1887–1889 Served alongside: James Toohey, Bernhard Wise, George Withers	Succeeded by Walter Edmunds James Martin William Traill
Civic offices
Preceded by John Young	Mayor of Sydney 1887	Succeeded by John Harris

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[nsw-1] "Mr Alban Joseph Riley (1844-1914)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[ADB-2] Rutledge, Martha. "Riley, Alban Joseph". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

[3] "A big bankruptcy". The Australian Star. 24 November 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via Trove.

[4] "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 July 1914. p. 18. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via Trove.

[5] "Death of Mr A J Rile y". The Maitland Daily Mercury. 27 July 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via Trove.

[6] "Funeral of Mr A J Riley". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 1914. p. 10. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via Trove.