Background
Haslam was born in Bolton, then in Lancashire), and was a member of the choir and Sunday-school at the Wesleyan Methodist church at Bradshawgate.
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Career
He emigrated to South Australia, arriving on the Glen Osmond on October 21, 1869. He later returned to Jamestown to run a general store and became active in the life of the town, living at "Unsworth House". He served on the committee of the Jamestown Institute and the Hospital Board.
He served on the Council for six years, and was elected mayor in December 1890.
When Doctor Cockburn was mayor he greatly assisted in planting trees, which became a feature of the town. He was involved in a scheme to put working men on blocks subdivided from the Bundaleer Forest Reserve.
He was an active member and trustee of the Unley Wesleyan Church, and superintendent of the Sunday-school. He was active in the Discharged Prisoners" Aid Association.
He died following an apopleptic fit.
In 1891 he was elected by the North-east district to the Legislative Council, a position he held until his death in 1898. He was an effective speaker. He was a moderate protectionist, but was not in favor of taxing essentials.
He supported free education, progressive taxation and Federation.
He had been appointed to the Aged Poor Commission and the Northern Territory Commission. He was a brother of Review
James Haslam (ca1843 – 7 September 1910), and John Cyrus Haslam (ca1848 – 12 September 1917) of Portuguese Pirie (and the mayor 1895–1897). Haslam, a fishing village on the West Coast of South Australia, 45 km north-west of Streaky Bay was named for him in 1893.
After his death, a part of his property Heywood was purchased by the City of Unley and became a public reserve known as Heywood Park.
lieutenant was officially opened in 1921.
