Thomas Hellyer

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For the 19th-century English architect, see Thomas Hellyer (architect).

Thomas Henry Hellyer (1840 – 5 April 1889) was an Australian politician and solicitor.

Thomas Henry Hellyer in 1880

He was born at Bathurst to solicitor William Hellyer,[1] and Margaret née Gray. On 25 April 1862 he married Rose Anne Parfitt,[2] with whom he had twelve children. A solicitor, he practised from 1867, first in Sydney, then in Parramatta from 1869, Bathurst from 1878,[3] and Sydney again from 1885, sharing the same Sydney premises as his father.[4]

He was the mayor of Bathurst for 1880,[5] and 1881.[6]

In 1882 he was a candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He stood for Bathurst at the election on Saturday 2 December, but was narrowly defeated with a margin of 16 votes (1.6 %),[7] but was elected unopposed for the neighbouring district of West Macquarie the following week.[8] He resigned in 1884 for unknown reasons.

Hellyer had a cancer removed, however it returned in December 1888,[9] and he died at Liverpool in 1889 (aged 49).[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mr William Hellyer". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Empire. 8 May 1862. p. 1. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "NSW Law Almanac 1882" (PDF). LawAlmanacs.info. p. 31. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ "NSW Law Almanac 1885" (PDF). LawAlmanacs.info. p. 28. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Borough of Bathurst". New South Wales Government Gazette (60). 13 February 1880. p. 740. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Borough of Bathurst". New South Wales Government Gazette (66). 18 February 1881. p. 998. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Trove.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Bathurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 West Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Poor Tom Hellyer". Windsor and Richmond Gazette. 8 December 1888. p. 6. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Trove.
  10. ^ "Mr Thomas Henry Hellyer (1840-1889)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for West Macquarie
1882 – 1884 		Succeeded by
Civic offices
Preceded by
William Butler
 Mayor of Bathurst
1880 – 1881 		Succeeded by
Francis Halliday
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