Thomas Henry York (25 June 1850 – 18 August 1910) was an Australian politician.

Biography

He was born on the

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near Monaro to pastoralist Henry York and Mary Murphy. He worked as a cattle buyer and butcher before moving to

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in 1882 to become a stock and station agent. On 8 June 1882 he married Frances Hughes, with whom he had five children. He served as a Wellington alderman and as mayor in 1886. In 1891 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

, but he was defeated in 1894. York died in

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in 1910.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:York, Thomas 1850 births 1910 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians Australian stock and station agents 19th-century Australian businesspeople