Henry Pigott

Henry Pigott
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Calare
In office
31 May 1913 – 13 December 1919
Preceded by Thomas Brown
Succeeded by Thomas Lavelle
Personal details
Born (1866-10-02)2 October 1866
Ceylon
Died 8 July 1949(1949-07-08) (aged 82)
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal (1913–17)
Nationalist (1917–1919)
Occupation Bank officer, agent

Henry Robert Maguire Pigott (2 October 1866 – 8 July 1949) was an Australian politician. He was born in Ceylon of Irish parents (Henry Pigott and Ellen Giles, from Dublin), and attended the London School for the Sons of Missionaries. He emigrated to Australia in 1885, becoming a bank officer, and a stock and station agent. He owned land at Tottenham in 1910. In 1913, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Commonwealth Liberal Party, defeating Labour member for Calare Thomas Brown. He held the seat until 1919 (during which time the Liberal Party had become the Nationalist Party), when he was defeated by Labor's Thomas Lavelle. An attempt to regain the seat as a member of the newly formed Country Party in 1922 was unsuccessful. He subsequently became a grazier and a leader in the farming community.[1] He died in 1949, at his home in the Sydney suburb of Manly.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "FORMER M.P. FOR CALARE". Gilgandra Weekly. New South Wales, Australia. 21 July 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 5 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Thomas Brown		 Member for Calare
1913–1919		 Succeeded by
Thomas Lavelle


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