Hugh Cameron McMinn (1865 – 2 December 1941) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia.[1]
Hugh McMinn | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Bulimba | |
| In office 22 May 1915 – 16 March 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Walter Barnes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugh Cameron McMinn 1865 Callander, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Died | 2 December 1941 (aged 76) Wynnum, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Scottish Australian |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Spouse | Margaret Jane Catherwood (m.1892 d.1944) |
| Occupation | Storekeeper |
Biography
McMinn was born in Callander, Perthshire, the son of James McMinn and his wife Agnes (née Cameron). He arrived in Australia when he was about 16[2] and worked as a storekeeper. After his time in parliament he was an inspector of playgrounds for the education department.[1]
On 11 May 1892 he married Margaret Jane Catherwood[1] in Brisbane, and together they had a son and two daughters. McMinn died in December 1941[1] and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[3] Catherwood died in 1944.[4]
Public career
After unsuccessfully contesting the state election in 1912,[5] McMinn, for the Labor Party, won the seat of Bulimba at the 1915 Queensland state election. In doing so, he defeated the Queensland Treasurer, Walter Barnes.[6] McMinn only lasted one term in the parliament and lost his seat back to Barnes at the 1918 Queensland state election.[7]