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Andrew Dods Handyside

Andrew Dods Handyside

Australian politician

Andrew Dods Handyside (1835 – 23 May 1904) was a politician in colonial South Australia (a state of Australia from 1901), a member of the South Australian House of Assembly.[1]

Handyside was born in East Lothian, Scotland.[2] He emigrated to Victoria (Australia) in 1853, and was engaged in pastoral pursuits in that colony and New South Wales until 1868, when he settled in South Australia.[2]

Handyside was elected to the seat of Albert in the South Australian House of Assembly on 5 January 1885, a position he held until the seat was abolished on 2 May 1902.[1] Handyside was then elected to the seat of Victoria and Albert on 3 May 1902, holding that seat until his death on 23 May 1904.[1] From 21 June 1892 to 15 October 1892, Handyside was Commissioner of Public Works.[1]

Handyside died at Narracoorte, South Australia on 23 May 1904, survived by one son and three daughters.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Mr Andrew Handyside". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. [2]
    Mennell, Philip (1892). "Handyside, Hon. Andrew Dodds" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. [3]
    "Deaths". The Register. Adelaide. 1 June 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 25 August 2014 – via Trove.

 

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