been touted as a potential future Speaker. As the local MP, he was largely responsible for the substantial extension of the Dubbo Hospital, improvements to the Dubbo Public School and the establishment of the Dubbo High School and was a strong advocate for the construction of the Molong–Dubbo railway line. He became ill in September 1916 with what was described as Bright's disease, spending long periods in hospital and physically struggling during the 1917 election campaign. He died at Redfern in June 1917 aged only 47, only three months after his re-election. He was buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Waverley Cemetery. He married Catherine Newman around 1900, and they had five children. References 1870 births 1917 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Politicians from Sydney Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Deaths from nephritis