Reginald King
{{Short description|Australian politician (1869–1955)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Reginald King
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|image = Reginald MacDonnell King, 1929.tiff
| caption = Reginald MacDonnell King, 1929
| office1 = Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Logan
| term_start1 = 9 October 1920
| term_end1 = 8 May 1935
| predecessor1 = Alfred James
| successor1 = John Brown
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|4|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland Colony, British Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|9|7|1869|4|9|df=y}}
| death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| restingplace =
| birthname = Reginald MacDonnell King
| nationality = Australian
| party = CPNP
| otherparty = {{plainlist|
- National
- Queensland United
}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Helena Mary Hewson|1895|1955}}
| known_for =
| occupation = {{hlist|Solicitor|Politician}}
| relations =
| parents = Thomas Mulhall King
Jane Maria
| children = 5
| alma_mater =
| education = Brisbane Grammar School
}}
Reginald MacDonnell King (1869–1955) was a solicitor politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=King, Reginald Macdonnell|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/member-register|work=Re-Member Database|publisher=Queensland Parliament|accessdate=15 March 2015}}
Early life
Reginald MacDonnell King was born on 9 April 1869 in Brisbane, the son of Thomas Mulhall King (Auditor-General of Queensland 1901–06) and his wife Jane Maria (née Macdonnell). He was educated at South Brisbane State School. In 1883, he won a scholarship to Brisbane Grammar School for his further studies.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3414333 |title=GRAMMAR SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=26 January 1883 |accessdate=17 March 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|title=Queensland Auditors-General: From 1860 to 2011|url=https://www.qao.qld.gov.au/files/file/A-Gtimeline.pdf|website=Queensland Audit Office|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304113049/https://www.qao.qld.gov.au/files/file/A-Gtimeline.pdf|archivedate=4 March 2015|df=dmy-all}}
King trained as a solicitor articled to Alfred Glassford Unmack. In 1893 he entered a partnership with George Hoydon Howard Gill, specialising in local government law.
Politics
Reginald King was a member of the Coorparoo Shire Council from 1896 to 1927, being elected Chairman on 9 times from 1898.
Reginald King was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the electoral district of Logan at the 1920 election. He held the seat until 11 May 1935 (the 1935 election), when he was defeated because of the redistribution of the Logan electorate.
During this time, he was a member of the National Party, the Queensland United Party and the Country and Progressive National Party. He was Secretary for Public Works and Public Instruction from 21 May 1929 to 17 June 1932.{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=15 March 2015}}{{Cite QldElectorate|accessdate=15 March 2015}}
Later life
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:National Party (Queensland, 1917) members of the Parliament of Queensland