John Street (Australian politician)
John Street | |
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| Member of Legislative Assembly of New South Wales for East Sydney | |
| In office 5 February 1887 – 23 March 1891 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Rendell Street 19 October 1832 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 23 March 1891 (aged 58) Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia |
| Party | Free Trade Party |
| Relations | Thomas Smith (brother-in-law) |
| Children | Sir Philip Street |
| Relatives | Street family |
John Rendell Street, MLA (19 October 1832 – 23 March 1891) was an Australian politician. In 1886, he founded the Perpetual Trustee Company with fellow trustees Edmund Barton and James Fairfax. He succeeded Edmund Barton as Prime Minister in his New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of East Sydney.
He was a partner in the law firm Allen, Street & Norton, and a director of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Company, and a vice president of Sydney Hospital. He married Susanna Caroline Lawson, the granddaughter of British explorer William Lawson, who pioneered the first settler crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813, along with William Wentworth and Gregory Blaxland. By his wife Susanna, he was the patriarch of Australia's Street family. He served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1887 until his death.