John Gilday | |
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Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Ithaca | |
In office 27 Apr 1912 – 8 May 1926 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Ned Hanlon |
Personal details | |
Born | John Theophilus Gilday 1874 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Died | 29 August 1937 (aged 62 or 63) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | Mary Walker (m.1899 d.1953) |
Occupation | Meatworker |
John Theophilus Gilday (1874 – 29 August 1937) was a meatworker and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. [1]
Gilday was born in Ballarat, Victoria, to parents Martin Gilday and his wife Honorah (née Corcoran). He went to Ballarat State School and became a meatworker in New South Wales. He was a director of the Daily Standard & The Worker newspapers. [1]
On 1 February 1899 he married Mary Walker (died 1953) [2] in Brisbane and together had two sons and two daughters. He died in August 1937 [1] and his funeral proceeded from his late residence in Paddington to the Toowong Cemetery. [3]
Gilday, for the Labor Party, held the seat of Ithaca in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from its inception in 1912 until his retirement from politics in 1926. [1]