Andrew Lang Petrie

Andrew Lang Petrie (25 June 1854 – 1 April 1928) was a builder, stonemason and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Personal life Andrew Lang Petrie was born in Brisbane on 25 June 1854, the eldest son of John Petrie and Jane Keith McNaught.

He married Margaret Aird, the daughter of John Aird and Margaret Ballantine, in Brisbane on 4 January 1877.

His second wife Agnes died on 10 December 1942 aged 82 years and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 11 December 1942. On 6 May 1943 her ashes were interred with husband Andrew and son Harold in Toowong Cemetery. He relocated the business from its location on the corner of Queen Street and Wharf Street to a location alongside the gates of Toowong Cemetery (the site is occupied in 2009 by Mitsubishi Motors).

Due to the depression, the business experienced financial difficulties and insolvency proceedings commenced in early 1894, however, with his son and other members of the family, was able to continue undertaking construction and masonry work. The business continued but at a smaller scale and increasingly undertook monumental masonry projects in addition to other stonemasonry and building works.

Andrew Lang Petrie was elected as representative of the Electoral district of Toombul to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland on 20 April 1893 in the 1893 state election. However, his insolvency proceedings in January 1894 forced him to resign the seat, effective 5 July 1893, triggering a by-election. However, he was able to negotiate an arrangement with his creditors and avoid bankruptcy in time to nominate for re-election at the by-election. He was successful in the by-election and then held the seat through many successive elections. In July 1925, he announced that he would retire at the 1926 election, thus completing his time on parliament on 8 May 1926 (aged 72 years).

During that time, he was affiliated with the following groups or political parties: Original Southport War Memorial Montville Hall gates