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Thomas Power (Australian politician)

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Thomas Power
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Southern Province
In office
1 November 1856 – 1 September 1864
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Pettett
Personal details
Born29 July 1802
Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland
Died28 November 1873(1873-11-28) (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

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  1. ^ 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 23 April 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

 

Victorian Legislative Council
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