Albert Fudge

Albert John Wellman Fudge (30 January 1858 – 7 November 1949) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Albert Fudge
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mackay
In office 27 August 1904 – 18 May 1907 Serving with Walter Paget
Preceded by	David Dalrymple
Succeeded by	Edward Swayne
Personal details
Born	Albert John Wellman Fudge 30 January 1858 Yeovil, Somerset, England
Died	7 November 1949 (aged 91) Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Mackay Cemetery
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Naomi Brown (m.1884 d.1946)
Occupation	Carpenter

Biography

Fudge was born in Yeovil, Somerset, the son of John Wellman Fudge and his wife Sarah (née Northover). He was educated in Yeovil and arrived in Queensland in 1884. He continued the craft he had learned in England as a carpenter until 1895 when he took up a selection of land at Mirani.[1]

On 27 December 1884[1] he married Naomi Brown (died 1946)[2] and together had three sons and three daughters. Fudge died in November 1949 and his funeral proceeded from the Central Methodist Church in Mackay to the Mackay Cemetery.[3]

Public career

Fudge, representing the Labour Party, won one of the seats in the two-member electorate of Mackay at the 1904 Queensland state election, serving alongside Walter Paget.[4] He did not stand at the following state election held in 1907.[1]

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. "Advertising". Daily Mercury. 80 (28). Queensland, Australia. 1 February 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Family Notices". Daily Mercury. 83 (266). Queensland, Australia. 8 November 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "GENERAL ELECTIONS". Mackay Mercury. 97 (67). Queensland, Australia. 30 August 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.