William Mollison (politician)
William Thomas Mollison (1816 – 9 November 1886) was an pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1][2]
Early life
Mollison was born in London, England, the son of Crawford Mollison and Elizabeth, née Fullerton[1]
Colonial Australia
Mollison arrived in the Port Phillip District in 1838 to join his brother, Alexander Fullerton Mollison.[2]
On 8 June 1853 Mollison was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Talbot, Dalhousie and Anglesey, a seat he held until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.[1][3] Mollison was elected to the seat of Dundas and Follett in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in April 1858. The seat was known as Dundas from 1859, Mollison held the seat until resigning in February 1864.[1]
Mollison died in England on 9 November 1886.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "William Thomas Mollison". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ a b c Thomsen, Gael. "Mollison, William Thomas (1816–1886)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria". Retrieved 18 July 2014.
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