Anthony Ogden

Anthony Ogden (18 March 1866 – 15 May 1943) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Anthony Ogden
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Townsville
In office 20 January 1894 – 21 March 1896 Serving with Robert Philp
Preceded by	George Burns
Succeeded by	William Castling
Personal details
Born	Anthony Ogden 18 March 1866 Grenoside, Yorkshire, England
Died	15 May 1943 (aged 77) Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	West End Cemetery
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Mary Ann Gillott (m.1888 d.1920)
Occupation	Meatworker

Biography

Ogden was born in Grenoside, Yorkshire, the son of Anthony Ogden Snr. and his wife Ann (née Housley) and was educated in Sheffield. On leaving school he was an apprentice iron moulder before arriving in Queensland in 1884. He was a meatworker and later worked in a foundry and on the wharves of Townsville. He studied for the Wesleyan Church and at one stage was a local preacher.[2]

On 19 November 1888 he married Mary Ann Gillott (died 1920)[3] and together had two sons and five daughters. Ogden died at Townsville in May 1943 and was buried in the West End Cemetery.[4]

Public career

Having lost the 1893 Queensland colonial election by one vote,[5] Ogden won the 1894 by-election for the seat of Townsville in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, defeating his Ministerialist opponent, Mr Willmett.[2] He was the first candidate in Queensland to run on an official Labour Party platform. He was defeated two years later at the 1896 Queensland colonial election by the two Ministerial candidates, Robert Philp and William Castling.[6]

He was a long-term alderman on the Townsville City Council and in 1924 he became the city's mayor, holding the role until 1926. He was the secretary of the Meatworker's Union and the Watersiders' Federation of Australia. A prohibitionist, he was also the editor of Townsville Clarion.[1]

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
2. "THE TOWNSVILLE ELECTION". The Brisbane Courier. L (11, 239). Queensland, Australia. 22 January 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "DEATH OF ANTHONY OGDEN". Townsville Daily Bulletin. LXV (116). Queensland, Australia. 17 May 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 13 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
4. [["Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) OGDEN Anthony]] — City of Townsville Retrieved 13 June 2016.
5. "GENERAL ELECTION". The Brisbane Courier. XLIX (11, 018). Queensland, Australia. 8 May 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 13 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "THE GENERAL ELECTION". Morning Bulletin. XLIX (9928). Queensland, Australia. 23 March 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.