Vernon Redwood

Vernon Charles Redwood (14 April 1873 – 15 February 1954) was a maltster and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography Redwood was born at Riverlands near Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand, one of 15 siblings to parents Charles Redwood (1836–1915) and his wife Mary Elizabeth (née Grimstone, 1843–1912). Henry Redwood (1823–1907) and Francis Redwood (1839–1935) were his uncles. The Redwood family members were all staunch Catholics

Vernon Redwood was educated by the Christian Brothers in New Zealand

In 1895 he became a maltster at the Perkins & Co brewery in Toowoomba In the end, only four of his siblings remained in New Zealand. He died in London in 1954. When Fogarty died later that same year Redwood stood at the by-election but was once again beaten, this time by the Labour candidate, Edward Smart.

He finally won the seat at the 1907 state election but held it for only two years before his defeat in 1909.