Daniel Abraham Hughes (c.1819 – 27 May 1879)
was a banker, barrister and politician in colonial
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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, a member of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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The presiding ...
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Hughes was the son of W. Hughes who owned Hughes' Wharf, Melbourne.][ Daniel Hughes was a bank clerk in Ireland, then a clerk in the London office of P&O.][
In November 1856, Hughes was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for ]Portland
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* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
,[ a position he held until August 1859.][
Hughes died in Mollison street, Sandhurst (later renamed ]Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...
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1819 births
1879 deaths
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
19th-century Australian politicians