Thomas Henry Hall Goodwin (11 December 1848 – 1 July 1921) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to medical practitioner John Goodwin and Elizabeth Russell. He worked as a pastoralist and surveyor, and was involved in the discovery and settlement of

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. In 1887 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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, but he resigned in 1888. He returned to the Assembly in 1895, winning re-election in 1898 before retiring for good in 1901. He died in

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in 1921.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodwin, Thomas 1848 births 1921 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians People from Scone, New South Wales