John McElhone

He was born in Sydney to milk vendor Terence McElhone and Catherine Mallon.

Two of his sons, William Percy (1871–1932) and Arthur Joseph (1868–1946), each served as Lord Mayor of Sydney.

[1][2] A Sydney City alderman from 1878 to 1882, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1875 as the member for Upper Hunter.

[5] McElhone was defeated by Taylor in the Mudgee by-election,[6] however he was re-elected at the Upper Hunter by-election held on the same day,[7] with the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate reporting that McElhone had been nominated without his authority.

Associated with the Free Trade Party, he ran unsuccessfully in 1891,[3] and 1894,[9] before winning election to the seat of Sydney-Fitzroy in 1895.