Elias Carpenter Weekes was an Australian ironmonger and politician.
14 Facts About Elias Weekes
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Elias Weekes was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1865 and 1880.
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Elias Weekes was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1856 and 1864.
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Elias Weekes served two terms as the Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales.
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Elias Weekes had a rudimentary education and work in commercial occupations in England.
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Elias Weekes emigrated to Sydney in 1837 and had established successful ironmongery and wine importation businesses by 1855.
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Elias Weekes was a director of The Bank of New South Wales.
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Elias Weekes was a member of the committee of the Anti-Transportation League and an alderman of the Sydney Municipal Council between 1850 and 1853.
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At the first election under the new constitution Elias Weekes contested the seats of Cumberland and Northumberland Boroughs.
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Elias Weekes was elected for Cumberland but was defeated by Bourn Russell in Northumberland Boroughs.
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However, Russell's election was overturned on appeal and Elias Weekes was declared elected and chose to represent the seat until it was abolished at the next election.
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Elias Weekes was the Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales in the second government of Charles Cowper between April and October 1859.
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Elias Weekes held the same position in the first Robertson and third Cowper governments between 1860 and 1863 when worsening eyesight forced him to resign from the government.
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Elias Weekes was a strong advocate of legislation to restrict Chinese immigration and opposed state aid to religious schools.