Charles Jeanneret (politician)

Charles Edward Jeanneret (9 February 1834 – 23 August 1898) was an Australian businessman and politician.

He was born in Sydney to dentist Henry Jeanneret and Harriet Merrett. As a boy he was sent to Flinders Island to learn navigation and seamanship, and after a trip to Europe and three years at the goldfields, he settled in Sydney around 1857. On 12 June 1857 he married Julia Bellingham, with whom he would have ten children. He worked for the Bank of New South Wales and lived at Hunters Hill, becoming a well-known local businessman, especially in the steam boat and ferry companies. He formed the Parramatta River Steam Company in 1865 which would become the major ferry operator on the river. In 1843, he created a tramway that linked the second Parramatta wharf (Redbank Wharf, near Duck River) with the centre of Parramatta.

He was a Hunters Hill alderman and mayor from 1870 to 1871, and served on Sydney City Council from 1886 to 1898.[1]

He was a candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the district of Central Cumberland at the 1874–75 election, but was defeated.[2] He was elected as the Free Trade member for Carcoar at the 1887 election.[3] He unsuccessfully contested Macleay at the 1889 election,[4] he was re-elected to Carcoar in 1891.[5] Carcoar was abolished in 1894 and the district divided between West Macquarie and the new district of Cowra and Jeanneret unsuccessfully contested West Macquarie at the 1894 election.[6] He was bankrupted in 1897.[1]

Jeanneret died in Richmond on 23 August 1898(1898-08-23) (aged 64).[7]

References
  1. Rutledge, Martha (1972). "Jeanneret, Charles Edward (1834–1898)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 4. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 30 August 2020 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Green, Antony. "1874-5 Central Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. Green, Antony. "1887 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. Green, Antony. "1889 Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1891 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1894 West Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  7. "Mr Charles Edward Jeanneret (1834-1898)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Ezekiel Baker
Charles Garland		 Member for Carcoar
1887–1889
Served alongside: Charles Garland		 Succeeded by
John Plumb
Charles Garland
Preceded by
John Plumb
Charles Garland		 Member for Carcoar
1891–1894
Served alongside: Denis Donnelly		 Abolished
replaced by Cowra and West Macquarie
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