Thomas Wilkinson (Australian politician)

Thomas Wilkinson (6 April 1799 – 20 April 1881) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

Wilkinson was born in Sunderland, and arrived in the Port Phillip District in April 1840 via Van Diemens Land having arrived there in 1833.[1] Wilkinson was the founder of the Portland Guardian newspaper.[2]

On 10 September 1851, Wilkinson was elected as member for Portland in the first (unicameral) Victorian Legislative Council.[3] He was sworn-in November 1851 and held the seat until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.[1]

Wilkinson died in Brunswick, Victoria, on 20 April 1881.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wilkinson, Thomas". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
  2. "Victoria". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 23 April 1881. p. 6. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria II.


Victorian Legislative Council
New creation Member for Portland
10 September 1851 – March 1856
With: James Henty 1853–1856
Original Council
abolished
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