William Dale (Australian politician)

William Dale (1827 – 15 February 1904) was a carpenter, politician, and total abstinence activist in the young colony of South Australia.

He was a lay preacher and one of the founding trustees of the Primitive Methodist church at Redruth and a leading worker in the cause of total abstinence.[1] He was a prominent Rechabite,[2] a Tent at the Talisker Mines being named for him.[3] He moved to North Adelaide sometime before 1865[4] He was secretary of the South Australian Total Abstinence Society.[5]

He was elected to the House of Assembly seat of The Burra and Clare, with fellow teetotaler Cole as his associate, serving from March 1860 to March 1862, when he resigned, to be replaced by John Bentham Neales, and left for New Zealand. His home in Arney Street, Greymouth was washed away in the flood of 10 February 1872,[6] and two sons were was drowned: George (aged 9) and John (aged 6).[7] He left New Zealand for Victoria, where he lived for many years but returned to South Australia around 1897,[8]

He married Elizabeth Parkinson (c. 1831 – 9 May 1896); Their children included William (1856-1934), Joseph (6 June 1860 – 1909), George (1863-1872), Rosa (1865-1939), John (1866-1872), Mary Jane (1868-1927).

He died in Melbourne on 15 February 1904.[9]

References
  1. "Teetotalism". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 7 September 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. "Wallaroo". The Wallaroo Times and Mining Journal. Port Wallaroo, SA: National Library of Australia. 26 July 1865. p. 2. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. "An Old Rechabite". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 21 June 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. "Temperance and Rechabitism at The Burra". South Australian Weekly Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 7 October 1865. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. "Topics of the Week". South Australian Weekly Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 2 April 1864. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  6. "Great Floods at Greymouth and Westport, in New Zealand". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 2 March 1872. p. 6. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  7. "New Zealand Disasters and Tragedies – Miscellaneous Drownings". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  8. "Mr. William Dale". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 29 September 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2015. According to this reference Dale was "over 70 years of age" hence estimated DOB on 1827.
  9. "Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia". Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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