Alexander Montague

Alexander Montague (1815 – 7 October 1898) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

He was born at Cloughlin in County Tyrone to farmers James and Mary Montague. He migrated to Sydney in 1841 and established a general store at Cooma, where he bought up extensive land and built a flour mill. On 4 February 1850 he married Rosina O'Hare, with whom he had five children. In 1875, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Monaro, but he was defeated in 1877. Montague died at Cooma in 1898.[1]

References
  1. "Mr Alexander Montague (1815-1898)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
William Grahame		 Member for Monaro
1875–1877		 Succeeded by
John Murphy
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