Charles McGhie

The Hon Charles McGhie
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office 4 May 1904 – 21 January 1917
Personal details
Born	Charles Stewart McGhie (1839-05-17)17 May 1839 Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Died	21 January 1917(1917-01-21) (aged 77) Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Maryborough Cemetery
Nationality	Scottish Australian
Spouse	Maria Holmes (m.1866 d.1904)
Occupation	Shipwright, newspaper proprietor, railway employee

Charles Stewart McGhie (17 May 1839 – 21 January 1917) was a shipwright, newspaper proprietor, and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.^[1]

McGhie was born at Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in 1863 to William McGhie and his wife Elizabeth (née Stewart) and attended a local Government school.^[1] After spending his early manhood at sea, he settled in Queensland. On his arrival, he joined the Railways, which became his career for the next thirty years.^[2]

McGhie became actively interested in politics and was one of the pioneers of the Labour movement in Maryborough becoming a partner in the local labour newspaper, The Alert. He was an alderman, serving for nine years^[2] and was mayor of Maryborough in 1898.^[1]

In 1899, he represented the Labour Party in standing for the two-member state seat of Maryborough, coming fourth behind the two Ministerialists, Annear and Bartholomew.^[3]

McGhie was appointed by the Morgan ministry to the Queensland Legislative council in May 1904,^[4] serving for over 12 years till his death in 1917.^[1]

McGhie married Maria Holmes in April 1866 and together they had nine children.^[1] Dying in 1917, his funeral proceeded from his residence in Ferry Street^[2] to the Maryborough Cemetery.^[5]