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William Henry Summerville

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Preceded by
  
Frederick Lord

Political party
  
Labour

Religion
  
Church of England

Party
  
Australian Labor Party

Nationality
  
Australian

Occupation
  
Solicitor

Died
  
21 May 1919, Ipswich

Resting place
  
Ipswich General Cemetery

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Full Name
  
William Henry Summerville

Spouse(s)
  
Annie Agnes Herbert (m.1892 d.1941)

Succeeded by
  
Henry Plantagenet Somerset

William Henry Summerville (August 1862 – 21 May 1919) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

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Biography

Summerville was born at Ipswich, Queensland, the son of Samuel Summerville and his wife Elizabeth (née Thompson). He was educated at Ipswich Grammar School and established the law firm, Summerville & Delaney.

On the 22nd July 1892 he married Annie Agnes Herbert (died 1941) and together had two sons and three daughters. He died in Ipswich in May 1919 and was buried in the Ipswich General Cemetery.

Public life

Summerville was an alderman on the Ipswich City Council and Mayor of the city in 1903. He won the seat of Stanley for Labour in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1902 state election, but was defeated two years later.

References

William Henry Summerville Wikipedia