Charles Jeanneret (politician)

Charles Jeanneret
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Carcoar
In office
12 February 1887 – 19 January 1889
Preceded byEzekiel Baker
Charles Garland
Succeeded byJohn Plumb
Charles Garland
In office
19 June 1891 – 25 June 1894
Preceded byJohn Plumb
Charles Garland
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Alderman of the City of Sydney
for Bourke Ward
In office
1 December 1886 – 23 August 1898
Personal details
Born(1834-02-09)9 February 1834
Sydney, Colony of New South Wales
Died23 August 1898(1898-08-23) (aged 64)
Wyrallah, Colony of New South Wales

Charles Edward Jeanneret (9 February 1834 – 23 August 1898) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was born in Sydney to dentist Henry Jeanneret and Harriet Merrett. As a boy he was sent to Flinders Island to learn navigation and seamanship, and after a trip to Europe and three years at the goldfields, he settled in Sydney around 1857. On 12 June 1857 he married Julia Bellingham, with whom he would have ten children. He worked for the Bank of New South Wales and lived at Hunters Hill, becoming a well-known local businessman, especially in the steam boat and ferry companies. He formed the Parramatta River Steam Company in 1865 which would become the major ferry operator on the river. In 1843, he created a tramway that linked the second Parramatta wharf (Redbank Wharf, near Duck River) with the centre of Parramatta.

He was a Hunters Hill alderman and mayor from 1870 to 1871, and served on Sydney City Council from 1886 to 1898.[1]

He was a candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the district of Central Cumberland at the 1874–75 election, but was defeated.[2] He was elected as the Free Trade member for Carcoar at the 1887 election.[3] He unsuccessfully contested Macleay at the 1889 election,[4] he was re-elected to Carcoar in 1891.[5] Carcoar was abolished in 1894 and the district divided between West Macquarie and the new district of Cowra and Jeanneret unsuccessfully contested West Macquarie at the 1894 election.[6] He was bankrupted in 1897.[1]

Jeanneret died at his son's home at Richmond River near Wyrallah, on 23 August 1898(1898-08-23) (aged 64).[7][8] The NSW Parliament website incorrectly records his death location as simply "Richmond".[9]

  1. ^ a b Rutledge, Martha (1972). "Jeanneret, Charles Edward (1834–1898)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 4. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Central Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 West Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Northern Star" (Lismore, NSW), Sat 27 Aug 1898, Page 4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71761650
  8. ^ "Jeanneret, Charles Edward (1834–1898)", by Martha Rutledge, in The Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jeanneret-charles-edward-3852
  9. ^ "Mr Charles Edward Jeanneret (1834-1898)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2021.