Isidor Lissner

Isidor Lissner
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Kennedy
In office
25 November 1873 – 28 November 1878
Serving with Arthur Rutledge
Preceded byHenry Palmer
Succeeded byGeorge Jackson
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Cairns
In office
4 April 1896 – 11 March 1899
Preceded byThomas Joseph Byrnes
Succeeded byThomas Givens
Personal details
BornIsidor Siegfried Lissner
1832 (1832)
Died22 July 1902(1902-07-22) (aged 69–70)
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
NationalityPrussian
Political partyMinisterialist
SpouseLouisa Margaret Ross[1]
OccupationGoldminer, Storekeeper

Isidor Siegfried Lissner (1832 – 22 July 1902)[2] was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

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Lissner was born in Posen, Prussia, the son of Siegfried Lissner and Julia Gluckmann.[3]

Mining

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He emigrated in 1856 to Victoria (Australia), where, after a varied experience on the gold diggings, he went to New Zealand and subsequently to Queensland, where he first settled at Ravenswood, Queensland and then moved to Charters Towers.[4] Lissner came to England with Mr. Black in 1887 as the representative of the Charters Towers miners to assist Harold Finch-Hatton in pressing the question of North Queensland Separation on the attention of the Home Government.[4]

Politics

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Lissner was member for Kennedy from 5 October 1883 to 13 May 1893, (Secretary for Mines and Public Works 27 March 1893 to 25 May 1893) and member for Cairns from 4 April 1896 to 11 March 1899.[5]

Later life

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Lissner died in 1902 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[6]

The heritage-listed Lissner Park in Charters Towers is named after him.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Births, Deaths, MarriagesGovernment of Queensland. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Former Members Register". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ Chapter 7. Isidor Lissner and the politics of the eightiesJames Cook University. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b Mennell, Philip (1892). "Lissner, Isodor" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ^ Lissner Isidor Seigfrid Archived 19 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Boer War Veterans Memorial Kiosk and Lissner Park (entry 600397)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Kennedy
1883 - 1893
Served alongside: Arthur Rutledge
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Cairns
1896 - 1899
Succeeded by