Preceded by John Bright Preceded by New seat Nationality Irish Australian Died Malvern, Australia | Succeeded by John Macrossan Succeeded by Henry King Spouse(s) Katy Power Resting place St Kilda Cemetery | |
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Full Name Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt | ||
Edward MacDevitt was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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He represented the Electoral district of Kennedy from 1870 to 1873, and the Electoral district of Ravenswood from 1873 to 1874.
Career
Barrister, Brisbane; Immigration lecturer, Britain, 1874 - 1876
Barrister, Melbourne and Kalgoorlie WA, 1897 - 1898
Personal life
He was born 1843 in Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland and died 1898 in Melbourne while trying to learn to ride a bike during a heatwave.
References
Edward MacDevitt Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA