Elias Solomon
| Elias Solomon | |
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| Councillor of the Town of Fremantle | |
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In office 1877–1881 |
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| Mayor of Fremantle | |
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In office 1881–1881 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Higham |
| Succeeded by | Edward Higham |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for South Fremantle |
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In office 1892–1901 |
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| Preceded by | David Symon |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Diamond |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Fremantle |
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In office 29 March 1901 – 6 December 1903 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | William Carpenter |
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2 September 1839 London, England |
| Died | 23 May 1909 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Free Trade Party |
| Parents | Leah (née Myers) and Moss Solomon |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Religion | Judaism |
Elias Solomon (2 September 1839 – 23 May 1909) was an Australian politician based in Fremantle. He was Mayor of Fremantle, MLA of South Fremantle, and the first Member for Fremantle in the Australian House of Representatives.
Solomon was born in London, England to Leah and Moss Solomon and migrated to Australia as a child, living at first in Sydney and then Adelaide. His uncle Emanuel Solomon owned the Queen's Theatre in Adelaide, and Solomon's father Moss was for a short while made manager. The family returned to Sydney until Moss' death in 1849 when Leah again moved to Adelaide and Solomon was educated at Adelaide Educational Institution.
After finishing school, Solomon joined another of his uncle's business concerns and in 1857 was sent to Mauritius to purchase goods. On his return, he worked for the firm of Solomon and Salom in Adelaide, and also Falk and Co. of Melbourne.
At the age of 29 Solomon headed west to Fremantle in Western Australia, arriving on 20 January 1868 aboard Eliza Blanche and initially living in Henry Street. Soon the same year he was joined by two of his nephews and together then formed Solomon & Nephews, Auctioneers and Agents of which Solomon was clerk and auctioneer. This venture was part-financed by his half-brother Judah Moss Solomon (of Melbourne) and brother-in-law Isaac Solomon (of Adelaide).
The weight of conducting business in a depressed economic environment bore on Solomon, and this was not helped by his nephews being active members of Fremantle's Amateur Dramatics Company, performing at the Oddfellows in William Street. He wrote to them in July 1869: "…that you may not be under any misunderstanding with regard to my present dissatisfaction, I will be more explicit. You have taken up time belonging to the firm in Amateur Theatrical matters which, I believe, is acting prejudiciously to the business…"
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