Alec Lamont
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Alexander Lamont
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Alexander James Lamont - Queensland Politician.png
|caption =
| constituency_AM1 = Brisbane South
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 11 March 1902
| term_end1 = 27 August 1904
| predecessor1 = Harry Turley
| successor1 = William Reinhold
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1850|2|8|df=y}}
|birth_place = Cheshire, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|1934|6|27|1850|2|8|df=y}}
|death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace = Mt Gravatt Cemetery
|birthname = Alexander James Lamont
|nationality = English Australian
|party = Ministerialist
|otherparty =
|spouse = Ellen Bannister, Harriet Grindley Daniels (d.1922)
|children =
|occupation = Barrister
| relations =
| alma_mater =
}}
Alexander James "Alec" Lamont (8 February 1850 – 27 June 1934) was a barrister and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=815430894|accessdate=24 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306133210/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=815430894|archive-date=6 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
Lamont was born in Cheshire, England, to parents Charles Gordon Lamont and his wife Christiana (née James). He first commenced his legal service in Sydney in 1876 and in 1898 was working as a barrister in Brisbane. Later on he was the manager of Webster & Co before joining the Union Trustee Co. and the Bengal Chutney Co.
Political career
Lamont was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, holding the seat of South Brisbane from 1902 until his defeat at the 1904 state election.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19298604 |title=BRISBANE SOUTH. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=29 August 1904 |accessdate=24 May 2015 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} He had also served on the Brisbane Water and Sewerage Board and was a Trustee of the South Brisbane Cemetery Board.
Personal life
Lamont married Ellen Bannister in London and later married Harriet Grindley Daniels in Liverpool and together had three sons and three daughters. Lamont died in Brisbane in June 1934 and his funeral proceeded from Talavera, his former residence at Wellington Point to the Mt Gravatt Cemetery.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36741789 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=29 June 1934 |accessdate=24 May 2015 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=70550 Lamont Alexander James]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
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{{s-ttl|title=Member for Brisbane South|years=1902–1904}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Lawyers from the Colony of Queensland