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William Fergusson (politician)

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York. He was a partner in the legal firm Fergusson and Broad and by 1893 the partnership was in difficulty, having received £1,000 from a client and £500 went missing. The explanation offered by his partner was that Fergusson, who was in England, had sent a draft and the money lodged in the bank had
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been used to pay that draft. He was a trustee of the will of James York, and in 1893 the beneficiaries, including his wife sought to have him removed as a trustee and to account for the money received by him.
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Very little is known of his biography, with his parliamentary biography bereft of the usual details. On 14 May 1881 he married Emily Maud Mary
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attempts to form a third party, however these failed with no other parliamentarian joining them, and Fergusson sat with the opposition to the
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He was a practicing solicitor in Sydney before entering politics, having been admitted in March 1876. He was elected to the
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It appears that he never returned to Australia, and his wife obtained a divorce in 1912 on the grounds of desertion.
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For the similarly named NSW politician William John Ferguson (1891-1961) who was the member for
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For the similarly named NSW politician William John Ferguson (1859-1935) who was the member for
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was a solicitor and politician from New South Wales, Australia.
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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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Index

William John Fergusson
Sturt
William John Ferguson
Waverley
Paddington-Waverley
William Ferguson (1891–1961)
William Ferguson (disambiguation)
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Glen Innes
1880 election
William Clarke's
ministry
Patrick Jennings
Protectionist
1887 election for Wentworth
née
New Zealand



"Mr William John Fergusson"
Parliament of New South Wales
"Admission of Attorneys"
The Sydney Morning Herald
Green, Antony
"Elections for the District of Glen Innes"
Parliament of New South Wales
"Clarke, William (1843–1903)"
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian National University

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