Joseph Creer

Joseph Creer (1 February 1832 – 17 August 1913) was a Manx-born Australian politician.

He was born on the Isle of Man to farmer Patrick Creer and Ann Quirk. He married Annie Harrison at Liverpool in 1854; they had nine children. In 1855 he migrated to New South Wales, settling in Maitland, where he worked as a builder and broom manufacturer, and was also a local alderman. He moved to Newcastle in 1870, working as a cabinet maker. He was a Newcastle councillor from 1875 and Mayor of Newcastle in 1881. In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Northumberland. A Protectionist, he held his seat until 1891. Creer died at Summer Hill in 1913.[1]