Hugh McMinn

Hugh McMinn
Hugh McMinn
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly; for Bulimba
	In office; 22 May 1915 – 16 March 1918
Preceded by	Walter Barnes
Succeeded by	Walter Barnes
Personal details
Born	Hugh Cameron McMinn; 1865; Callander, Perthshire, Scotland
Died	2 December 1941 (aged 76); Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Scottish Australian
Political party	Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Margaret Jane Catherwood (m.1892 d.1944)
Occupation	Storekeeper

Hugh Cameron McMinn (1865 – 2 December 1941) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

McMinn was born in Callander, Perthshire, the son of James McMinn and his wife Agnes (née Cameron). He arrived in Australia when he was about 16[2] and worked as a storekeeper. After his time in parliament he was an inspector of playgrounds for the education department.[1]

On the 11th May 1892 he married Margaret Jane Catherwood[1] in Brisbane, and together they had a son and two daughters. McMinn died in December 1941[1] and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[3] Catherwood died in 1944.[4]

Public career

After unsuccessfully contesting the state election in 1912,[5] McMinn, for the Labor Party, won the seat of Bulimba at the 1915 Queensland state election. In doing so, he defeated the Queensland Treasurer, Walter Barnes.[6] McMinn only lasted one term in the parliament and lost his seat back to Barnes at the 1918 Queensland state election.[7]

References

"Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
"DEATH OF HUGH McMINN". The Worker. 52 (2840). Brisbane. 9 December 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"Parliament's Regret at Death of Mr. McMinn". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 3 December 1941. p. 4 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
"SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier (16, 940). 29 April 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"THE GENERAL ELECTIONS". The Brisbane Courier (17, 894). 24 May 1915. p. 9. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"SUMMARY OF POLLING". The Brisbane Courier (19, 571). 11 October 1920. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Walter Barnes	Member for Bulimba 1915–1918	Succeeded by Walter Barnes

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[qp-1] "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

[death-2] "DEATH OF HUGH McMINN". The Worker. 52 (2840). Brisbane. 9 December 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[1941telegraph-3] "Parliament's Regret at Death of Mr. McMinn". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 3 December 1941. p. 4 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[bdm-4] Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

[1912election-5] "SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier (16, 940). 29 April 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[1915election-6] "THE GENERAL ELECTIONS". The Brisbane Courier (17, 894). 24 May 1915. p. 9. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[1918election-7] "SUMMARY OF POLLING". The Brisbane Courier (19, 571). 11 October 1920. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.