Thomas Griffith (Australian politician)
Thomas Hunter Griffith (13 May 1842 – 15 August 1913)[1] was an Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Griffith was born in Santa Cruz, West Indies,[1] to Irish parents[2] Thomas Griffith (sugar planter) and Mary Anne, née Hunter.[1] He spent time in Ireland and returned to Santa Cruz to manage sugar plantations. He then arrived in Victoria in the 1860s and became a farmer. He was an alderman of Albury Council from 1886 to 1892 and mayor 1887 and 1891.[1]
Griffith was elected to the seat of Albury in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 27 July 1898, holding it until 16 July 1904.[1] Griffith supported the Federation movement.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Mr Thomas Hunter Griffith (1842–1913)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Personal and Social". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express. N.S.W. 22 August 1913. p. 30. Retrieved 27 December 2014 – via Trove.