Gilbert Eliott (Australian politician)

Gilbert Eliott
Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
In office
22 May 1860 – 13 July 1870
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byArthur Macalister
ConstituencyWide Bay
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Burnett
In office
5 July 1859 – 10 December 1859
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Wide Bay
In office
4 May 1860 – 12 August 1870
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byHenry King
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
15 November 1870 – 30 June 1871
Personal details
Born
Gilbert Eliott

1796
Stobs Castle, Roxburghshire, England
Died30 June 1871
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeDrayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
NationalityScottish
SpouseIsabella Lucy Elliot
RelationsSir William Eliott, 6th Baronet (father)
OccupationGrazier, Magistrate

Gilbert Eliott CMG (1796 – 30 June 1871), was a politician in colonial Queensland and a Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1][2]

  1. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Eliott, Gilbert" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ Morrison, A. A. "Eliott, Gilbert (1796–1871)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 15 December 2013.