Charles William Conroy
{{Short description|Australian politician (1868–1944)}}
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| image = StateLibQld 1 77367 Newspaper photograph of C. W. Conroy, March 1909.jpg
| caption = Conroy in 1909
| constituency_AM1 = Maranoa
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 9 October 1920
| term_end1 = 14 April 1944
| predecessor1 = Thomas Spencer
| successor1 = John Taylor
| alongside1 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|4|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|7|28|1868|4|28|df=y}}
| death_place = Roma, Queensland, Australia
| restingplace = Roma Monumental Cemetery
| birthname = Charles William Conroy
| nationality = Australian
| party = Labor
| otherparty =
| spouse = Bertha Walduck (m.1898 d.1964)
| occupation = Tobacconist
| relations =
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Charles William Conroy (28 April 1868 – 28 July 1944) was 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=130086330|accessdate=10 April 2016}}
Biography
Conroy was born on 28 April 1868, in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Michael Conroy and his wife Anne (née Murray) and was educated in Toowoomba. He moved to Roma in his twenties and worked as a clerk for the solicitor, R.H. Dyball. He then went into business as a tobacconist and stationer.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98046138 |title=DEATH OF MR. C. W. CONROY |newspaper=Western Star and Roma Advertiser |issue=7067 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 August 1944 |accessdate=10 April 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
On 15 August 1898, he married Bertha Walduck (died 1964)[https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research] — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 10 April 2016. who shared in much of her husband's public duties. He died at Roma Hospital in July 1944 and his funeral proceeded from the Roma Church of England church to the Roma Monumental Cemetery.
Public career
Conroy, for the Labor Party, won the seat of Maranoa in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1920 Queensland state election and went on to represent the seat until his retirement from politics at the 1944 state election.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
He was also an alderman in the Roma Shire Council, being the town's mayor in 1909 and 1910, and again in 1920.
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland