John James Kingsbury
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = John Kingsbury
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|image = John James Kingsbury - Queensland Politician.jpg
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| constituency_AM1 = Brisbane North
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 29 April 1893
| term_end1 = 21 March 1896
| predecessor1 = Samuel Griffith
| successor1 = Robert Fraser
| alongside1 = Thomas McIlwraith
|birth_date = 1853
|birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
|death_date = 2 August 1939 (aged 85 or 86)
|death_place = Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia
|restingplace =
|birthname = John James Kingsbury
|nationality = Irish Australian
|party = Ministerialist
|otherparty =
|spouse = Elizabeth Jane Ham (m.1879 d.1919)
|children =
|occupation = Businessman, crown prosecutor
| relations =
| alma_mater = Trinity College, Dublin
}}
John James Kingsbury (1853 – 2 August 1939) was a crown prosecutor and 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=1459057198|accessdate= 26 April 2015}}
Early years
Kingsbury was born and educated in Dublin, Ireland, graduating with a Master of Arts from Trinity College. He arrived in Melbourne, Australia in 1878 where he helped start up a business, Henry Brookes & Co.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40855569 |title=Mr. Kingsbury, Formerly Crown Prosecutor, Dead. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=4 August 1939 |accessdate=26 April 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Kingsbury moved to Queensland in the 1880s as manager of Beale and Co. and in 1886 became a director of the Queensland Deposit Bank before returning to Ireland in 1887 for a year.
Political career
For the 1893 Queensland elections, Kingsbury with his knowledge of finance, was asked to stand as a Ministerialist candidate alongside Thomas McIlwraith for the seat of Brisbane North. The pair were successful in the two member seat, convincingly defeating their opponents, Charles Lilley, Thomas Glassey and Nathaniel Raven.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3559179 |title=SATURDAY'S POLLING. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=1 May 1893 |accessdate=26 April 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Kingsbury held the seat until the 1896 elections, where he lost to Robert Fraser who also claimed to be a Ministerialist candidate.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3621769 |title=GENERAL ELECTION. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=23 March 1896 |accessdate=26 April 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Whilst in politics, Kingsbury took up law and in 1896 was appointed Crown Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
Personal life
Kingsbury married Elizabeth Jane Ham (died 1919), eldest daughter of David Ham of Ballarat, in November 1879 and together had three sons and one daughter. He was a former President of the Queensland Irish Association and played a leading part in the affairs on the Albert Street Methodist Church.
Kingsbury died in Glen Iris, Victoria, in August 1939.
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:19th-century Australian politicians
Category:Politicians from Dublin (city)
Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Category:Politicians from the Colony of Queensland