Lancelot Stirling

Sir John Lancelot Stirling, KCMG , OBE (5 Nuwamba 1849 - 24 Mayu 1932), wanda aka fi sani da Sir Lancelot Stirling,  ɗan siyasa ne kuma mai ilimi a ƙasar Australiya.  Ya kasance memba na Majalisar Dokokin Kudancin Australiya daga 1881 zuwa 1887, yana wakiltar Mount Barker, da kuma 1888 zuwa 1890, yana wakiltar Gumeracha . A lokacin ya kasance memba na Majalisar Dokokin Kudancin Australiya daga 1891 zuwa 1932, yana wakiltar Gundumar Kudancin. Ya kasance Shugaban Majalisar Dokokin daga 1901 zuwa 1932 kuma ya kasance Babban Sakatare a Ma'aikatar Solomon ta kwanaki bakwai na 1899. Wa'adinsa na tsawon shekaru da dama ya kai jimillar shekaru 49 kacal na hidima. Zuwa yanzu, shi ne ɗan siyasa mafi daɗewa a tarihin Kudancin Australiya.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Stirling a Strathalbyn, Kudancin Ostiraliya, ɗan Edward Stirling (1804–1873) da matarsa Harriett, wacce aka haifa a shekara ta 1873, kuma ɗan'uwan Sir Edward Charles Stirling .  Mahaifinsa ɗan shege ne ga wani mai shuka ɗan Scotland a Jamaica kuma wata mace mai launin fata da ba a san ta ba.

Stirling ya yi karatu a Kwalejin St Peter's, Adelaide da Kwalejin Trinity, Cambridge, inda ya kammala karatun digiri na BA da LL.B [1] Stirling ɗan wasa ne mai kyau kuma, yana wakiltar Cambridge da Oxford, ya lashe tseren yadi 120. Stirling ya kuma lashe gasar zakarun Ingila a wannan gasa a shekarar 1870 da kuma a shekarar 1872, lokacin da ya yi a shekarar da ta gabata ya kasance daƙiƙa 16.8, wanda aka yi la'akari da shi a matsayin kyakkyawan wasa a wancan lokacin.

 Sana'a 
Stirling ya yi karatu a matsayin ma'aikaciyar mashaya kuma an shigar da shi cikin Haikalin Cikin Gida a shekarar 1872, amma bai taɓa yin aiki ba. Stirling ya koma Kudancin Ostiraliya ba da daɗewa ba, ya zama makiyayi, kuma ya yi kiwon dawaki da tumakin merino. Ya shiga Majalisar Dokokin Kudancin Ostiraliya a shekarar 1881 don Mount Barker, wanda ya riƙe har zuwa Afrilu 1887, daga baya kuma ya wakilci Gumeracha har zuwa 1890, lokacin da ya zama memba na Majalisar Dokokin Kudancin Ostiraliya mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, yana wakiltar Gundumar Kudancin. A watan Disamba 1899, Stirling ya kasance babban sakatare a gwamnatin Solomon mai ra'ayin mazan jiya amma an kayar da wannan ma'aikatar da zarar majalisar ta haɗu. A shekarar 1901, an zaɓe Stirling a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Dokokin Kudancin Ostiraliya, kuma zai yi aiki a matsayin na tsawon shekaru 31.  

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