John May (Australian politician)

John May (May 1844 – 29 December 1917) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[1] May was born in Kent, England, to parents John May and his wife Mary (née James).

[1] He attended the Royal Agricultural University and while still in England worked in the mercantile marine.

[2] On 14 October 1909[1] he married Maria Ellen Mellor (died 1928).

He died in December 1917 after falling under a train at Eagle Junction station[1] and was buried at Toowong Cemetery.