death_date death_place religion birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start spouse birthname image article_title term_end name restingplace occupation
28 june 1935 -lrb- aged 66 or 67 -rrb- brisbane , queensland , australia presbyterian edinburgh , scotland scottish australian australian labor party member of the queensland legislative council 1868 18 august 1919 isabella hyland -lrb- m. 1907 , d. 1953 -rrb- alexander skirving alexander skirving - queensland politician.jpg alexander skirving
 23 march 1922 alexander skirving cremated trade union secretary
alexander skirving

alexander skirving -lrb- 1868 -- 28 june 1935 -rrb- was a trade union secretary and member of the queensland legislative council .
skirving was born at edinburgh , scotland to alexander skirving snr .
and his wife mary ann -lrb- née hunt -rrb- .
moving to brisbane at an early age , he attended kangaroo point state school .
he was an apprentice lithographer before being appointed as secretary of the hairdressers union .
skirving was president of the queensland industrial council from 1914 to 1916 and , representing the seat of maree , an alderman with the brisbane city council for four years from 1931 .
