Horace Tozer
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Sir Horace Tozer KCMG |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wide Bay |
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In office 13 July 1871 – 23 September 1871 |
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| Preceded by | Henry King |
| Succeeded by | Henry King |
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In office 17 May 1888 – 2 March 1898 |
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| Preceded by | William Bailey |
| Succeeded by | Charles Jenkinson |
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Horace Tozer 23 April 1844 Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 20 August 1916 (aged 72) South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Ministerial |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Hoyles Wilson (m.1868 d.1878), Louisa Lord (m.1880 d.1908) |
| Relations | Vivian Tozer (son) |
| Occupation | Solicitor |
| Religion | Church of England |
Sir Horace Tozer KCMG (23 April 1844 – 20 August 1916) was an Australian lawyer and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Tozer was son of H. T. N. Tozer, and was born at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, in April 1844. Educated at the Collegiate School, Newcastle, he was admitted to practise as a solicitor at Brisbane in 1866. He settled at Gympie, established a successful practice. He married twice, in 1868 at Ipswich to Mary Hoyles Wilson (who died in Ipswich in 1878), and in 1880 to Louisa Lord (who died in London in 1908).
In the 1871 election held on 13 July, the sitting member for Wide Bay in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Henry Edward King, decided to contest the electoral district of Maryborough instead of Wide Bay. King supported the nomination of Horace Tozer for Wide Bay, amidst allegations that Tozer was just a "warming pan" intended to hold the seat as a protection against King failing to win Maryborough. Tozer was elected in Wide Bay but King's bid for Maryborough failed. The allegations of Tozer being a "warming pan" proved true as Tozer promptly resigned, recommending that the electors of Wide Bay should elect King at the subsequent by-election. King's nomination was unopposed and he was declared elected on 4 October 1871.
In 1880, Tozer was elected was an alderman in Gympie's first town council.
On 17 May 1888 he was elected again as the member for Wide Bay, and was colonial secretary in the second Griffith ministry from August 1890 to March 1893, held the same position in the McIlwraith–Nelson ministry until October 1893, and was home secretary in the Nelson ministry until March 1898.
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