Angus Gibson

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}

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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable

|name = Angus Gibson

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|image = Angus Gibson - Queensland Politician.png

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| office1 = Member of the Queensland Legislative Council

| term_start1 = 6 April 1899

| term_end1 = 28 May 1920

|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1842|4|25}}

|birth_place = Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1920|5|28|1842|4|25}}

|death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

|restingplace = South Kolan Cemetery

|birthname = James Gibbon

|nationality = Scottish Australian

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|otherparty =

|spouse = Catherine Martin (m.1866 d.1920)

| occupation = Sugar planter

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Angus Gibson (1842–1920) was a sugar planter and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

Political life

Angus Gibson was a member of Gooburrum Divisional Board and its chairman in 1888. From 1895 to 1900, he was a member of the Kolan Divisional Board from 1895 to 1900.{{cite book|last=Gibbney|first=H. J.|title=Gibson, Angus (1842–1920)|chapter=Angus Gibson (1842–1920) |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gibson-angus-3607|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre for Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=26 December 2013}}

On 6 April 1899, he was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council, ending with his death on 28 May 1920.{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=27 April 2020}} Gibson was buried in South Kolan Cemetery.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20433713 |title=MR. ANGUS GIBSON, M.L.C. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=29 May 1920 |accessdate=19 February 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

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