William Castling
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = William Castling
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| image = William Joseph Castling - Queensland politician.jpg
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| constituency_AM1 = Townsville
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 21 March 1896
| term_end1 = 11 March 1899
| predecessor1 = Anthony Ogden
| successor1 = Patrick Hanran
| alongside1 = Robert Philp
| birth_date = 1838
| birth_place = Northallerton, Yorkshire, England
| death_date = 7 June 1906 (aged 68)
| death_place = Townsville, Queensland, Australia
| restingplace = West End Cemetery
| birthname = William Joseph Castling
| spouse = Mary Townsend (m.1872 d.1892)
| party = Ministerialist
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| residence =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Butcher
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William Joseph Castling (1838 – 7 June 1906) 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=2399765082|accessdate=13 June 2016}}
Biography
Castling was born in Northallerton, Yorkshire, the son of Robert Castling and his wife Jane (née Haw) and was educated in Ipswich. He arrived at Dalrymple, Queensland in 1863 and worked the goldfields in the area before purchasing a half share in a Townsville wholesale butchery in 1876 which by 1880 employed 40 people.
On 11 November 1872 he married Mary Townsend in Townsville and together had 5 sons and 4 daughters. Castling drowned in Ross Creek in Townsville in June 1906 and was buried in the West End Cemetery.[https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/8391/West-End-Cemetery-Records.pdf CASTLING William Joseph] — City of Townsville Retrieved 13 June 2016.
Public career
Castling won the junior position in the two-member seat of Townsville for the Ministerialists at the 1896 Queensland colonial election.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3621769 |title=GENERAL ELECTION. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=LII |issue=11,915 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 March 1896 |accessdate=13 June 2016 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} He represented the electorate for three years and did not stand at the 1899 Queensland colonial election.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page556793|title=GENERAL ELECTION. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=LV |issue=12,844 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 March 1899 |accessdate=13 June 2016 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly