Hugh Nelson (Australian politician)

Sir Hugh Nelson
11th Premier of Queensland
In office
27 October 1893 – 13 April 1898
Preceded bySir Thomas McIlwraith
Succeeded byThomas Joseph Byrnes
ConstituencyMurilla
17th Treasurer of Queensland
In office
27 March 1893 – 2 March 1898
Preceded byThomas McIlwraith
Succeeded byRobert Philp
ConstituencyMurilla
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Northern Downs
In office
7 September 1883 – 28 April 1888
Preceded byGeorge Thorn Jr
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Murilla
In office
28 April 1888 – 13 April 1898
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byWilliam Moore
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
13 April 1898 – 1 January 1906
Personal details
Born(1833-12-31)31 December 1833
Died1 January 1906(1906-01-01) (aged 72)
Resting placeDrayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
PartyMinisterialist
SpouseJanet McIntyre
RelationsWilliam Nelson (father)
OccupationDairy farmer, Sheep breeder, Station Hand

Sir Hugh Muir Nelson, KCMG (31 December 1833 – 1 January 1906) was an Australian politician who was Premier of Queensland from 1893 to 1898.[1][2]

Hugh Nelson was born at Kilmarnock, Scotland, the son of William Lambie Nelson. Nelson died at Toowoomba on 1 January 1906.

Sir Hugh Nelson (centre, in white) visited Winton in 1895. Here he is seen at the town's artesian bore.

Notes

  1. ^ Waterson, D. B. "Nelson, Sir Hugh Muir (1833–1906)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Nelson, Hugh Muir". Former Members. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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