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
- ^ a b "Snodgrass, Peter". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d Gross, Alan. "Snodgrass, Peter (1817–1867)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria. Vol. II.