Ellison Quirk
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Ellison Quirk JP |
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| 14th Mayor of Manly | |
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In office 15 February 1901 – February 1907 |
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| Preceded by | William Horner Fletcher |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Learmonth |
| Constituency | The Steyne Ward |
| 3rd Shire President of Warringah | |
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In office 1 March 1910 – 1 March 1911 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Ralston |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Ralston |
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In office 1 March 1914 – 1 March 1915 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Ralston |
| Succeeded by | John Duffy |
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In office 1 March 1918 – 1 March 1919 |
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| Preceded by | John Duffy |
| Succeeded by | Henry Lodge |
| Constituency | A Riding |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 July 1866 Lucknow, Colony of New South Wales |
| Died | 16 November 1938 (aged 72) Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
Ellison Wentworth Quirk, JP (8 July 1866 – 16 November 1938) was a New South Wales politician, Alderman and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Warringah from 1901 to 1904.
Quirk was born in 1866 in the town of Lucknow, near Orange, New South Wales on the Wentworth goldfields, the son of Robert Quirk. Quirk grew up in the nearby town of Forbes until the age of 15, when his family settled in Manly in 1881. He eventually established himself within the Manly community as a Storekeeper and Land Agent. He married Margaret Ann Mills on 19 November 1896 and they had two daughters and two sons. Quirk involved himself in local politics at the time and identified himself with the Free Trade Party, not uncommon for members of the Sydney business community at the time. When Henry Parkes won the NSW Legislative Assembly seat of St Leonards in 1885, Quirk worked in his office.
Holding prominent positions as secretary of the Manly Fire Brigade and president of Manly District Ambulance Brigade, Quirk eventually stood for office as became an Alderman on Manly Municipal Council in 1896 and rose to become Mayor from 1901 to 1906. He would remain a Manly Alderman until his retirement in 1928. Quirk then stood for state office in 1901 when the local member for Warringah, Dugald Thomson, resigned so that he could stand for the seat of North Sydney in the new Federal Parliament. Elected as an Independent, Quirk was aligned with the government of the day led by Sir John See and Thomas Waddell. He served on a parliamentary committee that resulted in an act that allowed the extension of a railway to the Portland Cement Works.
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