William Burnley (c.1813 – 21 June 1860) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

Burnley was born in Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire, and arrived in the area known then as the Port Phillip District of New South Wales around 1839.[1]

Burnley was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for North Bourke from August 1853 until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.[1] Burnley was an unsuccessful candidate in the election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Evelyn and Mornington in 1856.[1]

Burnley died in Richmond, Victoria on 21 June 1860[1] and was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.[2]

The suburb of Burnley, Victoria was named after him.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Burnley, William Bust". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Funeral Notices". The Argus. 22 June 1856. p. 8. Retrieved 24 August 2014 – via Trove.

 

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