Thomas Hunter Griffith (13 May 1842 – 15 August 1913) was an Australian politician, member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

. Griffith was born in Santa Cruz, West Indies, to Irish parents Thomas Griffith (sugar planter) and Mary Anne, ''née'' Hunter. He spent time in Ireland and returned to Santa Cruz to manage sugar plantations. He then arrived in Victoria in the 1860s and became a farmer. He was an alderman of Albury Council from 1886 to 1892 and mayor 1887 and 1891. Griffith was elected to the seat of

Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...

in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 27 July 1898, holding it until 16 July 1904. Griffith supported the

Federation A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governin ...

movement.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffith, Thomas Hunter 1842 births 1913 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mayors of places in New South Wales Australian federationists