Henry Challinor was a physician and politician in the Colony of Queensland.
16 Facts About Henry Challinor
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Dr Challinor was a founding deacon of the Central Congregational Church of Ipswich, appointed 25 April 1853.
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The Governor General of New South Wales appointed Henry Challinor to be a magistrate for New South Wales on 30 August 1858.
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In January 1861 Dr Henry Challinor JP conducted a magisterial inquiry into the deaths of at least three aboriginal people at Fassifern Station.
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Henry Challinor's evidence indicated his belief that Aboriginal people should be recompensed for the loss of their traditional hunting grounds.
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Henry Challinor gave evidence that he believed Aboriginal people, with the assistance of translators, should be treated equally to white people in the court system and in the area of education.
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Dr Henry Challinor MP wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Select Committee with his recommendations as regards a "Protective Force for the interior".
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Henry Challinor was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1861 for the three member electoral district of West Moreton only to have his election annulled in May of that year.
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Henry Challinor won the subsequent election and served the seat till 1863.
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Henry Challinor then moved to the seat of Town of Ipswich, where he served until he was defeated in 1868.
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In 1869 Dr Henry Challinor was appointed the second medical superintendent of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum at Woogaroo to straighten out a scandal.
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At one point in his life, Henry Challinor was an officer of the Ipswich Light Horse military unit.
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Henry Challinor died at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane not unexpected, in 1882 and was buried in South Brisbane Cemetery.
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Henry Challinor was survived by his son Henry Binney McAll Challinor, who was the secretary to the Commissioners of Police, William Parry-Okeden and William Cahill.
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Henry Challinor's son left behind a widow, two sons and three daughters.
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Henry Challinor's cousin George Miles Henry Challinor was a chemist, emigrating on the Fortitude, before taking up land together to farm cotton.