Andrew McCulloch (politician)

Andrew Hardie McCulloch (1844 or 1845 – 8 May or 28 May 1908) was an Australian solicitor and politician.

His father was a squatter [clarification needed] and solicitor also called Andrew Hardie McCulloch and his mother was Elizabeth (née Griffin), but further details of his birth are unknown.

He was a Sydney solicitor, having been admitted in November 1867, and also a pastoralist with runs near Canonbar.[1] He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Central Cumberland at the 1877 election.[2][3] He held the seat until financial difficulty forced him to resign it in December 1887.[4] He regained the seat at the resulting by-election,[5] however financial difficulty caused him to resign again in May 1888.[1] He announced his intention to recontest the seat at the May 1888 by-election,[6] however he decided not to stand.[7]

He was struck off the roll of solicitors on 29 May 1888.[8]

The Parliament of New South Wales records his date of death as 8 May 1908,[1] however the death notice published in The Argus lists McCulloch as dying at Hawthorn on 28 May 1908, aged 63 years.[9]

  1. ^ a b c "Mr Andrew Hardie McCulloch (junior)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Central Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Our local public men". The Cumberland Mercury. 16 July 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2021 – via Trove.
  4. ^ A H McCulloch (15 December 1887). "To the electors of Central Cumberland". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Central Cumberland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. ^ A H McCulloch (7 May 1888). "Central Cumberland election". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Central Cumberland election". The Cumberland Mercury. 9 May 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ "Law report. Supreme Court: in re A H McCulloch". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 May 1888. p. 6. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "Deaths: McCulloch". The Argus. 29 May 1908. p. 1. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via Trove.