Townsend McDermott, sometimes spelled MacDermott (12 October 1818 – 21 January 1907) was a politician in colonial

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1874 to 1875. McDermott was born in

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, Ireland, and graduated at

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, in 1840, and was called to the Irish Bar. Emigrating to Australia, he was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1855, and to the Bar of

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in 1877. He was returned to the Victorian Assembly at the head of the poll as one of the members for

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at the general election in 1874, and was appointed Solicitor-General (31 July 1874 to 7 August 1875) on the reconstruction of the Francis Government, under

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, in July of the same year, resigning office with his colleagues in August 1875. Mr. MacDermott, who was a staunch Conservative and Free-trader, remained in Parliament till 1877, when he was defeated at the general election in May, and did not re-enter politics. He was made Hon. M.A. of Melbourne University in 1867. McDermott died in

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on 21 January 1907.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McDermott, Townsend 1818 births 1907 deaths Australian Anglicans Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Solicitors-General of Victoria Lawyers from Dublin (city) Politicians from the Colony of Victoria