John Kirkpatrick (politician)
John Kirkpatrick | |
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| Member for Gunnedah (NSW Legislative Assembly) | |
| In office 27 June 1891 – 25 June 1894 | |
| Member for Gunnedah (NSW Legislative Assembly) | |
| In office 17 June 1894 – 25 July 1895 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1839-40 Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
| Died | 8 December 1904 (aged 64) |
| Spouse | Bridget Annie Strong |
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John Kirkpatrick (1840 – 8 December 1904) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
Kirkpatrick emigrated to New Zealand as a young man. He engaged in various occupations, including as a miner on the West Coast goldfields and later as a cotton-grower in Fiji. He arrived in Australia in 1871, spending time on the Gulgong goldfields and as a storekeeper at Coonabarabran, before settling at Gunnedah. From June 1891 to July 1895, Kirkpatrick represented the electorate of Gunnedah in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, elected as a Labour Electoral League candidate (in the initial group of Labor Party members). He contested the 1898 general election as a Free Trade candidate but failed to win the seat.