Percy Stirton
Percy Ernest Stirton (17 August 1867 – 27 January 1937) was an Australian politician.
Biography[]
He was born in Paterson to Presbyterian minister Thomas Stirton and Jean Ray Bell Nivison. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and in 1884 was articled as a clerk to an Inverell solicitor. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1890, practising in a partnership at Moree. He was also a alderman, serving as in 1886. In 1903 he was elected in a by-election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Moree, but he was defeated running for Gwydir the following year. He later became a grazier, and was involved in the formation of the Country Party. Stirton died at Darlinghurst in 1937.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Mr Percy Ernest Stirton (1867-1937)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
Categories:
- 1867 births
- 1937 deaths
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly