Gilbert Eliott (Australian politician)

Gilbert Eliott CMG (1796 – 30 June 1871), was a politician in colonial Queensland and a Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Gilbert Eliott
CMG, JP
Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
In office
22 May 1860  13 July 1870
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byArthur Macalister
ConstituencyWide Bay
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Burnett
In office
5 July 1859  10 December 1859
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Wide Bay
In office
4 May 1860  12 August 1870
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byHenry King
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
15 November 1870  30 June 1871
Personal details
Born
Gilbert Eliott

1796
Stobs Castle, Roxburghshire, England
Died30 June 1871
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeDrayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
NationalityScottish
SpouseIsabella Lucy Elliot
RelationsSir William Eliott, 6th Baronet (father)
OccupationGrazier, Magistrate
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