Charles Read (Australian politician)

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Charles Read (c. 1825 – 3 March 1910) was a tailor and politician in colonial Australia, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. [1]

Read was born in Southampton, England, the son of James Read and Ann, nee Lye. [1] Read arrived in Geelong in October 1849 aboard the Tasman [2] and started business as a tailor. [1] He was involved in the Temperance Society, "with a striking personality, a vigorous platform speaker, he soon began to render splendid service to the organisation". [2] Read was elected as one of the three representatives for Geelong in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1856. [1] Read finished third in the field of seven. [2] He was deputy registrar of births etc. at Geelong from 1870 to 1884. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Charles Read". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Memories of Early Geelong". Geelong Advertiser . 12 March 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 3 September 2014 via Trove.

 

Victorian Legislative Assembly
New creation Member for Geelong
November 1856 – February 1858
With: Charles Sladen 1856–57
Alexander Thomson 1857–58
Alexander Fyfe 1856–57
George Board 1858
John Brooke 1856–58
Succeeded by