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 71) Hawthorn,Victoria,Australia | (aged
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]
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