Charles Carty Salmon (1860 - 1917)

Born 27 Jul 1860 in Amherst, Victoria, Australia

Husband of Nancy Ann (Harris) Salmon — married 3 Oct 1900 in St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died 15 Sep 1917 at age 57 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Charles Carty Salmon was born in 1861 at Amherst, Victoria, Australia, a gold rush town near Maryborough, Victoria, the son of Susannah Salmon and Frederick Browne Salmon. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Education

• Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1872-1878)
• Melbourne Grammar School (council member, 1910-1917)
• Trinity College (University of Melbourne) (student, 1886-1888)
• University of Melbourne (student, 1886-1888)
• University of Edinburgh (Scotland) (student, 1889-1891)
• University of Glasgow (Scotland) (student, 1889-1891) ^[1]

Political Career

• Parliament of Victoria Leg. Assembly - member for seat of Talbot and Avoca. - (1893–1901)
• Parliament of Victoria - Minister Without Portfolio, and subsequently minister for public instruction and commissioner for trade and customs. (1899–1900)
• Parliament of Australia, House of Reps. - Member for Laanecoorie (1901–1913)
• Parliament of Australia, House of Reps. - Speaker (1909–1910)
• Parliament of Australia, House of Reps. - Member for Grampians (1915–1917) ^[1]

Death

Charles died in 1917 in South Yarra, Victoria, aged 56.^[4][3] Just three days after retaining the seat of Grampians at the May 1917 Election, Salmon collapsed at his office and withdrew to his home at South Yarra. He died there on 15 September from a cerebral tumour.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} John Hawkins, 'Salmon, Charles Carty (Carty) (1860–1917)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/salmon-charles-carty-carty-8328/text37413, published online 2021, accessed online 24 April 2022.
2. ↑ Charles Carty Salmon's birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria. Reg. No.: 15983, Year: 1861. Retrieved 24 April 2022 by Leah McNamara from https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/626506ae620e7120bfec2978/record/5c6543354aba80ac316dde46
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 18 September 1917. Creswick Advertiser, p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2018 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/132687449.
4. ↑ Chas Carty Salmon's death record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 10407; Reg. year: 1917. Retrieved 31 January 2018 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #192403840