词条 | Thomas Power (Australian politician) |
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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] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{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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