David Moody (politician)

For other people named David Moody, see David Moody (disambiguation).

David Moody
MP
Member for Light
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
In office
12 Jun 1878 – 15 Apr 1881
In office
23 Apr 1884 – 22 Mar 1887
In office
25 Apr 1896 – 29 Apr 1899
Personal details
Born18 November 1834
Magilligan, County Londonderry, Ireland[1]
Died4 May 1915, aged 81[2]
Kapunda, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
SpouseCharlotte Wilson[3]
RelationsHoward Huntley Shannon (great nephew)
Children14
ResidenceHansborough, South Australia
OccupationFarmer
Relations[1][4]

David Moody (18 November 1834 – 4 May 1915) served three terms as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Electoral district of Light. Moody was initially elected on 12 June 1878 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Frank Skeffington Carroll on 31 May 1878. While Moody was not successful in the 1881 elections, he was re-elected along with Jenkin Coles on 23 April 1884. Moody was not re-elected in 1887. Then, in 1896, Moody stood again and was re-elected along the Hon. Sir Jenkin Coles on 25 April 1896.[5][6][1]

In 1903, the Hundred of Moody, a cadastral division located in the southern part of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, was named in Moody's honour.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "The Moody Family, Pioneers of the District". Kapunda Herald. 21 August 1936. Retrieved 17 November 2015 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Deaths". The Register. 5 May 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 22 September 2012 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Marriages". South Australian Register. 16 September 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 22 September 2012 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Liberal and Country League notes". The Chronicle. 26 January 1933. p. 49. Retrieved 17 April 2018 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "David Moody". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  6. ^ Parliament of South Australia. Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007; Compiled in the Offices of the Clerk of the Parliaments and the Clerk of the Legislative Council (PDF). pp. 57, 59, 63 & 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Search result for "Hundred of Moody (Hundred)" (Record no SA0045762 )". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.