Charles Moffatt Jenkinson
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Charles Moffatt Jenkinson
|honorific-suffix =
|image = StateLibQld 1 113132 Politician Charles Moffatt Jenkinson, Member for Legislative Assembly, ca. 1900.jpg
|caption = Charles Jenkinson, ca. 1900.
|office = 41st Mayor of Brisbane
|term_start = 1914
|term_end = 1914
|predecessor = Harry Doggett
|successor = George Down
| constituency_AM1 = Wide Bay
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 19 March 1898
| term_end1 = 11 March 1902
| predecessor1 = Horace Tozer
| successor1 = George Lindley
| constituency_AM2 = Fassifern
| assembly2 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start2 = 13 January 1903
| term_end2 = 2 October 1909
| predecessor2 = Thomas Murray-Prior
| successor2 = Arnold Wienholt
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1865|3|28|df=y}}
|birth_place = Birmingham, England
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|07|03|1865|03|28|df=y}} |death_place = Brisbane, Queensland
|restingplace = Lutwyche Cemetery
|birthname =
|nationality = English
|party =
|spouse = Georgina Agnes Ferguson (m.1893 d.1943)
| occupation = Bootmaker, Draper
| relations =
}}
Charles Moffatt Jenkinson (1865–1954) was a Queensland politician.
Early life
Charles Moffatt Jenkinson was born on 28 March 1865 in Birmingham, England.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101721854 |title=Charles Jenkinson dies. |newspaper=Sunday Mail |location=Brisbane |date=4 July 1954 |accessdate=24 December 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
He immigrated to Queensland in 1883, where he worked mostly as a journalist. He was publisher of the Herald, a Brisbane sporting newspaper.
Political life
He served as a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wide Bay from 19 March 1898 (a by-election) to 11 March 1902, and as the member for Fassifern from 13 January 1903 (another by-election) to 2 October 1909.{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=27 April 2020}}
He served as an alderman on the Brisbane City Council from 1912 to 1916 and from 1920 to 1921, and was the mayor of Brisbane in 1914.{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-HTTP%253A%252F%252FELIBCAT.LIBRARY.BRISBANE.QLD.GOV.AU%252FUHTBIN%252FCGISIRSI%252FBL%252F0%252F0%252F123%253FSEARCHDATA1%253DBCC-B120-32719|title=Alderman Charles Moffatt Jenkinson|publisher=State Library of Queensland|accessdate=21 February 2011}} As mayor, he is credited with having finalised the decision to construct the (then) new Brisbane City Hall at Albert Square (now known as King George Square), by selling the alternative site in Fortitude Valley to the Catholic Church who proposed to construct the Holy Name Cathedral on that site.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19938438 |title=CITY IMPROVEMENTS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=23 May 1914 |accessdate=24 December 2013 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Jenkinson was a candidate for the state seat of Brisbane in the 1915 election but was defeated by the sitting Labor member Mick Kirwan.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71163833 |title="The Elections Acts, 1916 to 1925". |newspaper=The Worker |location=Brisbane |date=24 April 1929 |accessdate=24 December 2013 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15598715 |title=QUEENSLAND. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 May 1915 |accessdate=24 December 2013 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Jenkinson was a candidate for the state seat of Toombul in the 1923 election but was defeated by the long-serving sitting member Andrew Petrie.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20620617 |title=TOOMBUL. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=14 May 1923 |accessdate=24 December 2013 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} When Andrew Petie retired at the 1926 election, Jenkinson again was a candidate for Toombul but was defeated by Hugh Russell.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21036997 |title=AN ANALYSIS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=10 May 1926 |accessdate=24 December 2013 |page=11 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Undeterred, Jenkinson was a candidate for Toombul in the 1929 election but was again defeated by Hugh Russell.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21405271 |title=POLLING SUMMARY. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=13 May 1929 |accessdate=24 December 2013 |page=15 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Later life
Jenkinson died in Brisbane on 3 July 1954 aged 90. He had been bedridden for 5 years prior to his death. He was buried in Lutwyche Cemetery.[https://archive.today/20121127052930/https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=31470 Jenkinson Charles Mofatt] — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 29 June 2012.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50595895 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=6 July 1954 |accessdate=24 December 2013 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
See also
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{{s-bef|before = Horace Tozer}}
{{s-ttl |title = Member for Wide Bay|years=1898–1902}}
{{s-aft|after =George Lindley}}
{{s-bef|before = Thomas Murray-Prior}}
{{s-ttl |title = Member for Fassifern|years=1903–1909}}
{{s-aft|after =Arnold Wienholt}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane