Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1865
Place of Birth: Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Date of Death: 10-Feb-1913
Profession: politician, barrister
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald
- Charles Borromeo Fitzgerald (28 June 1865 – 10 February 1913) was a barrister and politician from Queensland, Australia. Fitzgerald was born in 1865 in Rockhampton, Queensland, the fifth son of Jessie and Thomas Henry Fitzgerald.
- He received his education in France and was a noted scholar.
- He became a barrister and he married Joan Mary Cahill from Ireland.
- Fitzgerald was a captain with the Queensland Irish Volunteers.The resignation of John Francis Buckland caused a by-election in 1892 for a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the Electoral district of Bulimba.
- Fitzgerald contested the election for the Labor Party, but was beaten by James Robert Dickson.
- In the same year, Fitzgerald moved to Longreach.In the 1893 colonial election, Fitzgerald contested the seat of Mitchell as an independent Labor candidate against John A.
- Campbell, the official Labor candidate, and John Cameron.
- It was an intense campaign, with many Labor supporters travelling to Mitchell in support of Campbell, including Tommy Ryan, the sitting member of Barcoo.
- Cameron won the poll, but Fitzgerald had much more voter support than Campbell, with 261 versus 71 votes cast.Fitzgerald received the Labor Party endorsement for the 1896 election, and on 4 April 1896, he defeated Cameron in Mitchell.
- In the 1899 election, Fitzgerald was again successful in Mitchell, defeating Messrs Edkins and Magoffin.
- Fitzgerald was Attorney-General of Queensland for six days in December 1899.
- In the 1902 state election, Fitzgerald was beaten by Arthur Cooper by 112 votes.After his defeat, Fitzgerald moved to Barcaldine, then Brisbane, back to his birthplace Rockhampton, and then Mount Morgan.
- He returned to Rockhampton once again in 1911.
- He was taken to Longreach Hospital on 9 February 1913, described as "not ill but off colour", where he died the next morning from heart failure.
- He was survived by his wife and family; one of his sons was Paddy Fitzgerald.
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