George Ryland (Queensland politician)

George Ryland
George Ryland
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly; for Gympie
	In office; 11 Mar 1899 – 27 Apr 1912 Serving with Andrew Fisher, Daniel Mulcahy
Preceded by	William Smyth
Succeeded by	George Mackay
Personal details
Born	George Ryland; 1855; Attyconner, Westmeath, Ireland
Died	19 October 1920 (aged 64-65); Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Gympie Cemetery
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Mary Ann Newburn (m.1880 d.1898), Gertrude Newburn (m.1901)
Occupation	Miner

George Ryland (1855 - 19 October 1920) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Ryland was born at Attyconner, Westmeath, Ireland, the son of George Ryland Snr. and his wife Rachel (née Lee). He arrived in Queensland in 1866 and from 1875 until 1886 was a sugar and railway worker in Maryborough. In 1875 Rylad was working as a miner in Gympie and from 1890 was an organiser with the Amalgamated Miners' Association. After his time in the Queensland Parliament he was based in Port Darwin, as the Director of Lands for two years and then he worked in Brisbane as a valuator with the Public Curator's Office in 1915.[1]

On 23 August 1880 he married Maria Ann Newburn and together had two sons and a daughter.[1] Maria died in 1898[2] and Ryland then married Gertrude Newburn at Sydney in 1901.[1] Ryland died in October 1920 and was buried in the Gympie Cemetery.[3]

Public career

Ryland started in politics as an alderman in the Borough of Gympie Council from 1892 until 1900 and was Mayor of the town in 1899.[1]

In 1899, Ryland, a member of the Labour Party, won one of the two positions for the seat of Gympie[4] The other member for Gympie after the election was Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia on three separate occasions.

Ryland served the people of Gympie until his defeat at the 1912 Queensland state election by the Ministerialist candidate and future Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, George Mackay.[5]

References

"Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
Gympie Cemetery Mapping Portal — Gympie Cemetery Trust. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
"THE ELECTIONS". The Brisbane Courier. LV (12, 844). Queensland, Australia. 13 March 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 16 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"THE ELECTIONS". The Brisbane Courier (16, 940). Queensland, Australia. 29 April 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 16 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by William Smyth	Member for Gympie 1899–1912 Served alongside: Andrew Fisher, Daniel Mulcahy	Succeeded by George Mackay

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[qp-1] "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[bdm-2] Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[buried-3] Gympie Cemetery Mapping Portal — Gympie Cemetery Trust. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[1899election-4] "THE ELECTIONS". The Brisbane Courier. LV (12, 844). Queensland, Australia. 13 March 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 16 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[1912election-5] "THE ELECTIONS". The Brisbane Courier (16, 940). Queensland, Australia. 29 April 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 16 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.