Peter Snodgrass

Peter Snodgrass (29 September 1817 – 25 November 1867) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, and later, of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.^{[1] [2]}

Snodgrass was born in Portugal and arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, with his parents Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass (later Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales) and Janet, née Wright, in December 1828.^[2] Peter Snodgrass travelled overland to the Port Phillip District in 1838.^[1]

Snodgrass was elected a member of the first Victorian Legislative Council on 13 September 1851.^[3] and held the seat until the original Council was abolished in 1856. Snodgrass was then elected a member of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly and remained so until his death.^[2]

Snodgrass died in South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, of a heart aneurism.^[2]

References

1. "Snodgrass, Peter". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
2. Gross, Alan. "Snodgrass, Peter (1817–1867)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
3. Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria II.