Thomas Power (Australian politician)
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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| Victorian Legislative Council | ||
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| New district | Member for Southern Province 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– |
Succeeded by William Pettett |