Mathew Mellor

Mathew Mellor was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was mayor of Gympie and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Politics

Mellor was the first mayor of the Borough of Gympie. He served first from 1880 to 1881 and then again in 1897.
Mellor also served two terms as a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, holding the seat of Wide Bay from 1883 to 1888 and Gympie from 1888 to 1893.

Personal life

Mellor married Martha Pache and they had two sons. He then married Mary Ann Bouchard on 24 February 1880. Together three sons and four daughters.
Dying in 1899, Mellor was buried in the Gympie Cemetery.