John Barker
Parliamentary official
- Born
- 2 May 1815, England
- Died
- 15 November 1891, East Melbourne, Victoria
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- John Barker (1789-1833, gent)
- Mother
- Mary Anne Eldridge
- Brother of Edward Barker [qv]; married Susannah Hodgkinson (daughter of Richard Hodgkinson)
Legal admissions
| 6 November 1851 | Admitted to practise as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip now called as and being the Colony of Victoria |
Career
- Called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) 1843.
- Pastoralist.
- JP for Vic 1845.
- Clerk of the Legislative Council of Vic 1851-56.
- Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Vic 1856-82.
- Clerk of the Parliaments 1882-91.
Sources
PeopleAustralia: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barker-john-2935
Other:
- VicDI 1891/16574, no VicMI (Vic)PA 0/610 (Vic)PA 2/333 (Vic)W 2/191