Donald Campbell "Don" Urquhart (1848 – 6 August 1911) was an Australian politician. He was born in London

London

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. In 1893 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly

Tasmanian House of Assembly

The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House...

 as the Free Trade

Free Trade Party

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 member for Cumberland

Electoral district of Cumberland (Tasmania)

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. His election was declared void in December 1893, but in 1894 he won election to the seat of Montagu

Electoral district of Montagu

The Electoral district of Montagu was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It covered the West Coast region of Tasmania and its main centre of population was the town of Zeehan....

. Following a redistribution in 1900 he became the member for Zeehan

Electoral district of Zeehan

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, holding it until he was defeated in 1903. He served a final term as the member for Devonport

Electoral district of Devonport

The Electoral district of Devonport was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at the town of Devonport on Tasmania's north coast....

 from 1906 until 1909, when he contested Darwin

Division of Braddon (state)

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 unsuccessfully after the introduction of proportional representation

Proportional representation

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. Urquhart was a minister from 1897 to 1899 and served as Treasurer

Treasurer of Tasmania

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from 1906 to 1909.