# Edward MacDevitt

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{{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](/source/Electoral_district_of_Kennedy)
| assembly1        = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1      = 15 September 1870
| term_end1        = 18 November 1873
| predecessor1     = [John Bright](/source/John_Bright)
| successor1       = [John Macrossan](/source/John_Murtagh_Macrossan)
| constituency_AM2 = [Ravenswood](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ravenswood)
| assembly2        = Queensland Legislative
| term_start2      = 18 November 1873
| term_end2        = 14 November 1874
| predecessor2     = New seat
| successor2       = [Henry King](/source/Henry_Edward_King)
| birth_date       = 1843
| birth_place      = [Glenties](/source/Glenties), [County Donegal](/source/County_Donegal), [Ireland](/source/Ireland)
| death_date       = 4 February 1898 (aged 54)
| death_place      = [Malvern](/source/Malvern%2C_Victoria), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), [Australia](/source/Australia)
| resting_place    = [St Kilda Cemetery](/source/St_Kilda_Cemetery)
| birth_name       = Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt
| party            = 
| other_party      = 
| spouse           = Katy Power
| known_for        = 
| occupation       = [Barrister](/source/Barrister)
| relations        = 
| alma_mater       =  
}}

'''Edward MacDevitt''' was a politician in [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [Australia](/source/Australia). He was a Member of the [Queensland Legislative Assembly](/source/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==
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{{s-bef|before= [John Bright](/source/John_Bright)}}
{{s-ttl |title= Member for [Kennedy](/source/Electoral_district_of_Kennedy)|years=1870&ndash;1873}}
{{s-aft|after=[John Macrossan](/source/John_Murtagh_Macrossan)}}
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for [Ravenswood](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ravenswood)|years=1873&ndash;1874}}
{{s-aft|after=[Henry King](/source/Henry_Edward_King)}}
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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

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