Philip Salmon
Philip Melville Salmon (16 November 1849 - 7 July 1909) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1892 to 1894, representing the electorate of Port Melbourne.
Salmon was born in England. His family migrated to Victoria around 1861 and settled in Bendigo for several years before relocating to Port Melbourne. He worked at the sugar works, then worked as an auctioneer for a firm in Bay Street. He also established The Standard newspaper, but sold it soon after its founding and moved to Footscray, where he was an auctioneer and real estate agent and proprietor of The Footscray Advertiser newspaper.[1][2][3] He was a lieutenant in the Sandridge Artillery Corps and then Williamstown Artillery Corps of the Victorian Volunteer Forces and a captain in the Victorian Militia, but resigned his commission in 1884.[4][5][6][7][8] He was the inaugural president of the Victorian Fellmongers' Union in 1884.[9] He was an unsuccessful candidate for Footscray at the 1886 election.[10] In 1888, Salmon moved back to Port Melbourne and re-acquired The Standard. He was Mayor of the Town of Port Melbourne in 1890-91.[4] He was also a member of the Sandridge School Board of Advice, president of the Footscray United Cricket Club and Alberts Football Club and vice-president of the Footscray Rowing Club.[11][12][13][14]
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Port Melbourne at the 1892 election. He was endorsed by the Political Labor League, but broke with them after being elected.[15] He did not contest the 1894 election and retired.[4]
Salmon died in 1909 and was buried at Footscray Cemetery.[1]
References
- ^ a b "OBITUARY NOTICE". Standard. Vol. XXIII, no. 26. Victoria, Australia. 10 July 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "O U R S E L V E S." Standard. Vol. V, no. 245. Victoria, Australia. 25 February 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". The Record. No. 778. Victoria, Australia. 17 August 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b c "Philip Melville Salmon". re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The Argus. No. 10, 898. Victoria, Australia. 24 May 1881. p. 7. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The Leader. Vol. XLI, no. 1084. Victoria, Australia. 7 October 1876. p. 19. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "CORRESPONDENCE". The Record And Emerald Hill And Sandridge Advertiser. Vol. XI, no. 521. Victoria, Australia. 21 June 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MELBOURNE". Geelong Advertiser. No. 11, 140. Victoria, Australia. 8 May 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "FELLMONGERS' UNION". The Argus. No. 11, 846. Victoria, Australia. 10 June 1884. p. 7. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PRESENTATION TO MR. P. M. SALMON". The Age. No. 9710. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1886. p. 9. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEWS OF THE DAY". The Age. No. 7014. Victoria, Australia. 3 August 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Cricket". The Independent. No. 74. Victoria, Australia. 27 September 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Footscray Rowing Club". The Independent. No. 78. Victoria, Australia. 25 October 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "ALBERTS FOOTBALL CLUB". The Independent. No. 105. Victoria, Australia. 28 March 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE GENERAL ELECTIONS". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XXX, no. 8, 755. South Australia. 27 January 1893. p. 3 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.