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词条 Thomas Power (Australian politician)
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2017}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}Thomas Herbert Power (c. July 1802 – 28 November 1873) was an auctioneer, pastoral agent and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

Power was born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland; christened 29 July 1802.[1] His parents were David Power, a merchant, and Bridget, née Higgins. Power emigrated to the Port Phillip District in 1839 via Launceston, Tasmania.[1] He was an auctioneer Melbourne from 1839 to 1843 and again in 1846; he was a squatter in Boroondara in the early 1840s.[1]

Power was elected to the Southern Province of the new Legislative Council in November 1856, a seat he held until 1 September 1864.[1]

Power was a director of the National Bank 1860–1866 and a commissioner of the Savings Bank of Victoria.[1] He died in Hawthorn, Victoria on 28 November 1873. He was married to Mary Sophia Blurton, there was at least one child, a son Robert.[1]

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1. ^{{cite re-member |mid=656 |name=Thomas Herbert Power |accessdate=2017-01-13}}
{{s-start}}{{s-par | au-vic-lc}}{{s-new | district }}{{s-ttl
| title = Member for Southern Province
| years = November 1856 – 1 September 1864
| with = John Bennett 1856–63
John Bear 1863–   
William Clarke 1856–61 & 1862–
Joseph Sutherland 1861–62
Thomas McCombie 1856–59
Gideon Rutherford 1859–60
William Degraves 1860–  
Donald Kennedy 1856–1664
William Taylor 1864–  }}{{s-aft | after = William Pettett }}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Thomas}}

6 : 1802 births|1873 deaths|Members of the Victorian Legislative Council|Irish emigrants to colonial Australia|People from County Tipperary|19th-century Australian politicians

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