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The Hon
Alexander Skirving
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
18 August 1919 – 23 March 1922
Personal details
Born
Alexander Skirving

1868
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died28 June 1935 (aged 66 or 67)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NationalityScottish Australian
Political partyLabor
SpouseIsabella Hyland (m. 1907, d. 1953)
OccupationTrade union secretary

Alexander Skirving (1868 – 28 June 1935) was a trade union secretary and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

Skirving was born at Edinburgh, Scotland to Alexander Skirving Snr. and his wife Mary Ann (née Hunt). Moving to Brisbane at an early age, he attended Kangaroo Point State School. He was an apprentice lithographer before being appointed as secretary of the hairdressers union. Skirving was President of the Queensland Industrial Council from 1914 to 1916 and, representing the seat of Maree,[2] an alderman with the Brisbane City Council for four years from 1931.

  1. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ^ "WILL THERE BE FOUR". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 29 June 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

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