{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Edward MacDevitt | honorific_suffix = | image = StateLibQld 1 131571 Portrait of Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt, 1874.jpg | caption = Edward MacDevitt 1874 | constituency_AM1 = Kennedy | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 15 September 1870 | term_end1 = 18 November 1873 | predecessor1 = John Bright | successor1 = John Macrossan | constituency_AM2 = Ravenswood | assembly2 = Queensland Legislative | term_start2 = 18 November 1873 | term_end2 = 14 November 1874 | predecessor2 = New seat | successor2 = Henry King | birth_date = 1843 | birth_place = Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland | death_date = 4 February 1898 (aged 54) | death_place = Malvern, Victoria, Australia | resting_place = St Kilda Cemetery | birth_name = Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt | party = | other_party = | spouse = Katy Power | known_for = | occupation = Barrister | relations = | alma_mater = }}
'''Edward MacDevitt''' was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.<ref name=Eddy>{{cite web|title=MacDevitt, Edward O'Donnell|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=4166600696|website=Former Members Register|publisher=Queensland Parliament|accessdate=24 June 2015}}</ref>
He represented the Electoral district of Kennedy from 1870 to 1873, and the Electoral district of Ravenswood from 1873 to 1874.<ref name=Eddy />
== Career == Barrister, Brisbane; Immigration lecturer, Britain, 1874–1876
Barrister, Melbourne and Kalgoorlie WA, 1897–1898<ref name=Eddy />
== Personal life == He was born 1843 in Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland and died 1898 in Melbourne while trying to learn to ride a bike during a heatwave.<ref name=EMBio>{{cite web|last1=Gibbney|first1=H. J.|title=MacDevitt, Edward O'Donnell (1845–1898)|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macdevitt-edward-odonnell-4078|website=Australia Dictionary of Biography}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld }} {{s-bef|before= John Bright}} {{s-ttl |title= Member for Kennedy|years=1870–1873}} {{s-aft|after=John Macrossan}} {{s-new|seat}} {{s-ttl |title= Member for Ravenswood|years=1873–1874}} {{s-aft|after=Henry King}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:MacDevitt, Edward}} Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:Colony of Queensland people Category:Attorneys-general of Queensland Category:Irish emigrants to colonial Australia Category:1843 births Category:1898 deaths Category:19th-century Australian politicians Category:People from Glenties Category:Politicians from County Donegal