Boyd Dunlop Morehead
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The Honourable Boyd Dunlop Morehead |
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| 10th Premier of Queensland | |
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In office 30 November 1888 – 12 August 1890 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Thomas McIlwraith |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Griffith |
| Constituency | Balonne |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mitchell |
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In office 4 September 1871 – 30 December 1880 |
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| Preceded by | John Killeen Handy |
| Succeeded by | Oscar de Satge |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Balonne |
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In office 5 October 1883 – 11 November 1896 |
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| Preceded by | Jacob Low |
| Succeeded by | George Story |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
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In office 31 December 1880 – 3 August 1883 |
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In office 10 June 1896 – 30 October 1905 |
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| Personal details | |
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24 August 1843 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Died | 30 October 1905 (aged 62) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Ministerialist |
| Spouse(s) | Annabella Campbell Ranken (m.1873 d.1890) Ethel Seymour (m.1895 d.1952) |
| Relations | P. L. Travers (niece) |
| Children | 1 |
| Religion | Church of England |
Boyd Dunlop Morehead (24 August 1843 – 30 October 1905) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland from November 1888 to June 1890.
Boyd Morehead was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the second son and child of two sons and two daughters (and the only son to reach full adulthood) of businessman Robert Archibald Alison Morehead and his wife Helen Buchanan, née Dunlop. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and matriculated at University of Sydney in 1860. He, however, did not continue at the university but joined the Bank of New South Wales, where he obtained some training in finance. He then entered the service of the Australian Investments Company and as a station inspector visited Queensland in 1866.
In 1873 he founded the well-known firm of B. D. Morehead and Company, general merchants, and stock and station agents, which afterwards became Moreheads Limited.
On 4 September 1871 (in the 1871 Queensland colonial election), Morehead was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the Mitchell electorate. He successfully held the seat in the 1873 and 1878 elections but resigned on 30 December 1880 in order to be appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 31 December 1880.
In December 1880 he joined the first Thomas McIlwraith government as Postmaster-General and as the Government's Representative in the Legislative Council, until he resigned from the Legislative Council on 3 August 1883.
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