Charles Dight (New South Wales politician)

Charles Hilton Dight (1843 – 22 November 1918) was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.[1]

For his uncle, the miller and member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1851, see Charles Dight (Australian businessman).

He was born at Singleton in 1843 to Samuel Dight, a pastoralist and magistrate,[2][3] and Sophia née Howe, the fifth daughter of explorer John Howe.[4] He finished his education at Maitland Grammer in 1860. He worked on his fathers properties and married Jane McDougall in 1871. They did not have any children. Dight returned to Singleton in 1890.[5]

Dight stood as a Protectionist Party candidate for Singleton at the 1898 election, challenging the sitting Free Trade Party member Albert Gould who had represented the area since 1882. Dight won the seat with a 6.1% margin.[6] He retained the seat at the 1901 election,[7] before being defeated in 1904.[8]

Dight died in Burwood, NSW on 22 November 1918 aged 76.[5] An uncle, also called Charles Hilton was a miller and member of the Victorian Legislative Council,[9] while Arthur Dight another uncle, had been elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Windsor.[10]

References
  1. "Charles Hilton Dight (1843-1918)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. "Obituary Mr Samuel Billingsley Dight". Australian Town and Country Journal. 18 August 1888. p. 16. Retrieved 10 March 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "The Dight Family". Singleton Argus. New South Wales, Australia. 20 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 10 March 2020 – via Trove.
  4. "Marriage". The Sydney Herald. 13 August 1838. p. 3. Retrieved 10 March 2020 – via Trove.
  5. "Death of Mr C H Dight". Singleton Argus. 21 November 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2020 – via Trove.
  6. Green, Antony. "1898 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1901 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  8. Green, Antony. "1904 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  9. "Dight, Charles Hilton". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  10. "Mr Arthur Dight (1819-1895)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Albert Gould		 Member for Singleton
1898–1904		 Succeeded by
James Fallick
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