William Westgarth

William Westgarth (15 June 1815 – 28 October 1889) was a Scottish-born merchant, historian, statistician and politician in Australia.[1] Westgarth was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council[2] and, later, the Victorian Legislative Council.

William Westgarth born at Edinburgh. toJohn Westgarth[3] and his wife Christian, née Thomson.[1][4]

Westgarth arrived in Melbourne on 13 December 1840.[1]

Westgarth resigned his seat on the Victorian Legislative Council in April 1853.[5][6]

Works

  • "The Statistics of Crime in Australia". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 27 (4): 505–519. December 1864. ISSN 0964-1998. Wikidata Q108489539.

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Serle, Geoffrey (1976). "William Westgarth (1815–1889)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Mr William Westgarth (1815–1889)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Westgarth, William" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Westgarth, William". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
  5. ^ "Westgarth, William". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  6. ^ "The City Election. Declaration of the Poll". The Argus. Trove. 15 September 1851. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

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