Alexander Thorley Bolton (11 October 1847 – 23 February 1918) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to clergyman Robert Thorley Bolton and Jane Martha Ball. A commercial agent based in

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, he married Martha Elizabeth Devlin on 22 October 1874; they had five children. In 1885 he was elected to the

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for Murrumbidgee, but he did not recontest in 1887. After leaving politics he moved to

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, where he died in 1918.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bolton, Alexander 1847 births 1918 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly