Thomas Power (Australian politician)
Thomas Power | |
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| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Southern Province | |
| In office 1 November 1856 – 1 September 1864 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Pettett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 July 1802 Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | 28 November 1873 (aged 71) Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia |
Thomas Herbert Power (29 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 in County Tipperary, Ireland.[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 in Melbourne from 1839 to 1843 and again in 1846; he was also 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 of Australasia in 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]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Thomas Herbert Power". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- 1802 births
- 1873 deaths
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
- People from County Tipperary
- 19th-century Australian politicians