About Christopher O'Reilly
Lived 1835 – 1910 (aged 74–75). Christopher O'Reilly was a politician, farmer and mining engineer.
Hon. Christopher O'Reilly, K.S.G., (1835 – 11 January 1910) was a politician in colonial Tasmania.
O'Reilly was member for Kingborough in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 28 September 1871 to December 1882.
O'Reilly held the same portfolio in the Crowther and Giblin Ministries from Dec. 1878 to Dec. 1882, when he resigned and accepted the appointment of Stipendiary Magistrate at Scottsdale. Mr. O'Reilly was created a Knight of St. Gregory by Pope Leo XIII. On 4 May 1909, O'Reilly was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council for South Esk as an independent, holding that position until his death.
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Christopher O'Reilly was born in 1835.
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Christopher O'Reilly died on 11 January 1910.
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Christopher O'Reilly was a politician, farmer and mining engineer.
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