John Farleigh (politician)

John Gibson Farleigh (1861 – 5 May 1949) was an Irish-born politician and manufacturer in New South Wales, Australia.

He was born in County Sligo to merchant Edward Manicom Farleigh and Elizabeth née Gibson. In 1865 his family migrated to Victoria, and he settled in Sydney in 1874, where he became an office boy and then a clerk. He eventually became a leather goods manufacturer and senior partner in a company. On 13 November 1883 he married Alice Elizabeth Howard, with whom he had five children, 2 daughters and 3 sons.^[1]

From 1903 to 1908 he was a Rockdale alderman, and he was active in the free trade cause. He was closely involved in the fusion of anti-Labor parties in 1909, and served on the council of the Liberal, Nationalist and United Australia parties. In 1908 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council,^[2] serving until 1934. The Legislative Council was reconstituted to end life appointments in 1934 and he was a candidate at the first election, but was unsuccessful.^[3]

Farleigh died at Camperdown in 1949 (aged 87–88).^[4]

References

1. Walsh, G P (1981). "Farleigh, John Gibson (1861–1949)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
2. "Appointments to the Legislative Council (85)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 16 July 1908. p. 3899. Retrieved 15 August 2021 – via Trove.
3. "Candidates declared to be elected Members of the Legislative Council (16)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 23 January 1934. p. 428. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via Trove.
4. "Mr John Gibson Farleigh (1861-1949)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.