Parliamentary ServicePosition Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 24 Jul 189516 Jul 1904 8 yrs 11 mths 23 days
Member for Sydney-Flinders 24 Jul 189508 Jul 1898 2 yrs 11 mths 15 days
Member for Sydney-Flinders 27 Jul 189811 Jun 1901 2 yrs 10 mths 16 days
Member for Sydney-Flinders 03 Jul 190116 Jul 1904 3 yrs 14 days
Borough of Redfern Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.1108 Oct 189517 Oct 1895 10 days
Sydney and North Sydney Bridge and Tramway Bill Committee No.1025 Jun 189616 Jul 1896 22 days
Printing Committee No.701 Jul 190301 Dec 1903 5 mths 1 day
Political Party ActivityProgressive. Protestant.Community Activity Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1892 Qualifications, occupations and interests Engineer. Engineering works proprieter. Educated at Christ Church School. Apprenticed as an engineer with Chapman Bros. Employed by P.N Russell & Co. Later established own engineering works. President of Engineering Association for many years. Organised Newsboy Brigade.Personal Son of William Alexander Nelson, engineer, and Catherine Webster. Married Phoebe Peacock in 1875 and had issue, 5 daughters and 2 sons. Church of England. Funeral in Church of England cemetery at Waverley.
1845 - 1913 (68 years)
