Gerald Page-Hanify

Gerald Page-Hanify (23 July 1860 – 11 February 1922) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

The Hon

Gerald Page-Hanify
Gerald Page-Hanify
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
10 October 1917 – 11 February 1922
Personal details
Born
Gerald Page-Hanify

(1860-07-23)23 July 1860
Ararat, Victoria, Australia
Died11 February 1922(1922-02-11) (aged 61)
Miles, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeBulimba Cemetery
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor
Spouse(s)Katherine Salisbury (m.1886 d.1939)
OccupationAccountant

Early life
Executive Bible in State Schools League Queensland, Gerald Hanify-Page is second from the left in the back row

Page-Hanify was born at Ararat, Victoria, to Michael John Page-Hanify and his wife Annie Mary Josepha (née Lane). He was educated in Ararat[1] and worked as an accountant.

He was a member of the International Order of Good Templars, serving as its Grand Chief from 1908 to 1916. He was also president of the Total Abstinence Society, chairman of the Six O'Clock Closing League, and chairman of the Queensland Termperance Alliance.

Political career

When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile Council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed referendum in May 1917,[2] Premier Ryan tried a new tactic, and later that year advised the Governor, Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, to appoint thirteen new members whose allegiance lay with Labour to the Council.[3]

Page-Hanify was one of the thirteen new members, and went on to serve for four and a half years until his death in February 1922, just one month before the Council was abolished.[1]

Personal life

Page-Hanify married Katherine (Kittie) Salisbury at All Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane[4] in 1886 and together had two sons, Cecil and Gerald Herbert.[1][5]

In February 1922, Gerald Page-Hanify travelled to Miles as part of his masonic duties, a trip that he had delayed for some weeks due to ill-health. He had not sought medical assistance as he did not believe his illness was serious. However, having arrived in Miles, he was admitted to the local hospital where he died of heart failure.[1][6] His funeral proceeded from his Norman Park, Brisbane, residence to the Bulimba Cemetery.[7][8]

His son Cecil Page-Hanify was the Registrar of the University of Queensland from 1935 to 1957.[9]

References
  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. "TWO HOUSES, NOT ONE". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 7 May 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. "Goold-Adams, Sir Hamilton John (1858–1920)" Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. "Family Notices". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 20 September 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. "LATE HON. G. PAGE-HANIFY". The Telegraph. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 13 February 1922. p. 2 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. "LATE HON. G. PAGE HANIFY". The Telegraph. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 13 February 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  7. "Family Notices". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 13 February 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  8. Page-Hanify Gerald – Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  9. Cecil Page-Hanify, Registrar for The University of Queensland (1935–1957), University of Queensland Fryer Library, retrieved 13 April 2015
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