Herbert McPhail
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Hon
|name = Herbert McPhail
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Herbert George McPhail, 1940.JPG
|caption = Herbert George McPhail, 1940
| constituency_AM1 = Windsor
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 22 May 1915
| term_end1 = 16 March 1918
| predecessor1 = Hugh Macrossan
| successor1 = Charles Taylor
| office2 = Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
| term_start2 = 19 February 1920
| term_end2 = 16 September 1920
| term_start3 = 12 November 1921
| term_end3 = 23 March 1922
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1878|2|11}}
|birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1951|9|20|1878|2|11}}
|death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace =
|birthname = Herbert George McPhail
|nationality = Australian
|party = Labor
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|children =
| occupation = Business owner
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Herbert George McPhail ( 11 February 1878 – 20 September 1951) was a member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and 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=65258561|accessdate= 11 April 2015}}
Early life
McPhail was born at Brisbane, Queensland, to Robert McPhail and his wife Fanny (née Challenger) and was educated at Brisbane Normal School.
Political career
McPhail entered politics at the 1915 state election, winning the seat of Windsor for the Labor and defeating the sitting member, Hugh Macrossan.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20014217 |title=SUMMARY OF THE VOTING. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=24 May 1915 |accessdate=11 April 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} He held the seat for one term before losing to Charles Taylor in 1918.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53839686 |title=THE STATE ELECTIONS. |newspaper=The Morning Bulletin |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=26 March 1918 |accessdate=11 April 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile Council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed referendum in May 1917,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20143466 |title=TWO HOUSES, NOT ONE. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=7 May 1917 |accessdate=11 April 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Premier Ryan tried a new tactic, and later that year advised the Governor, Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, to appoint thirteen new members whose allegiance lay with Labour to the council.[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/goold-adams-sir-hamilton-john-6425 Goold-Adams, Sir Hamilton John (1858–1920)] – Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
In 1920, the new Premier Ted Theodore appointed a further fourteen new members to the Council{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53881717 |title=LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. |newspaper=The Morning Bulletin |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=20 February 1920 |accessdate=11 April 2015 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} with McPhail amongst the appointees. He served for seven months before resigning in September 1920 only to be reappointed fourteen months later and remaining in the council until it was abolished in March 1922.
Personal life
McPhail died in Brisbane in September 1951 and was cremated at Mount Thompson Crematorium.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50226125 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=21 September 1951 |accessdate=11 April 2015 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
References
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Windsor|years=1915–1918}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Council
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland