Henry Stevens (Australian politician)

Henry Moreton Stevens (1854 - 15 November 1935) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Henry Stevens
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Rosewood
In office 16 September 1911 – 16 March 1918
Preceded by	Denis Keogh
Succeeded by	William Cooper
Personal details
Born	Henry Moreton Stevens 1854 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	15 November 1935 (aged 80-81) Rosewood, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Tallegalla Cemetery
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Queensland Liberal
Other political affiliations	Ministerialist
Spouse(s)	Helen Hunt Mossop (m.1880 d.1904), Jessie Mabel Webster (m.1911 d.1956)
Occupation	Company director

Biography

Stevens was born at South Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Samuel Stevens, and his wife Jane (née Colton). Samuel Stevens was a cooper and an active member of the South Brisbane community, who stood for a seat as Alderman in the council elections of 1866.[2] Henry was educated at the Brisbane National School and was a director of the Lanefield Co-Operative Dairy Co. and also the Queensland Farmers' Co-Operative District Co..

On 27 October 1880 he married Helen Hunt Mossop (died 1904) at Goodna and together had one son and one daughter. Helen died in 1904 and Stevens then married Jessie Mabel Webster (died 1956) on 26 April 1911. He died in November 1935 and his funeral proceeded from the Rosewood Congregational Church to the Tallegalla Cemetery.

Henry Moreton Stevens and Jessie Mabel Webster's wedding,1911

Public life

Stevens, the Ministerialist candidate, won the by-election in 1911 for the seat of Rosewood in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, replacing Denis Keogh, who had died in August of that year.[3] He held the seat until the 1918 state election, when he lost to William Cooper of the Labor Party.[4]

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
2. Fisher, Rod (1987). Oh-ver' there: early days on Brisbane's SouthBank', In Whitmore, Ray (ed.) Brisbane: people, places and pageantry. Brisbane History Group.
3. "ROSEWOOD". The Brisbane Courier (16, 750). Queensland, Australia. 18 September 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 20 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier (18, 772). Queensland, Australia. 18 March 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 20 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.