Andrew Lang Petrie
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Sketch of Andrew Lang Petrie
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toombul |
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In office 29 April 1893 – 8 May 1926 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Gannon |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Russell |
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Andrew Lang Petrie 25 June 1854 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 1 April 1928 (aged 73) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Ministerialist |
| Other political affiliations |
Commonwealth Liberal Party, Nationalist, Queensland United Party |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Aird (m.1877 d.1883) Eliza Anne Agnes Luya (m.1886) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Andrew Lang Petrie (25 June 1854 – 1 April 1928) was a monumental mason and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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. They had the following children:
His wife Margaret died in Brisbane on 9 November 1883 aged 30 years, probably from complications of childbirth, and is buried in Toowong Cemetery with other members of her Aird family.
On 14 April 1886 in Brisbane, he remarried, this time to Eliza Anne Agnes Luya (born 3 December 1862). They had the following children:
Andrew Lang Petrie died at 52 George Street, Brisbane on 1 April 1928 aged 73 years and was buried in Toowong Cemetery with his son Harold.
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.
In 1882, Andrew Lang Petrie took over the management of the family business from his father John Petrie; the business was renamed 'John Petrie & Son'. At that time, the business included cabinet making and joinery, brick-making, tile-making and monumental masonry. 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).
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