William St Paul Gellibrand (18 December 1823 – 22 August 1905) was an Australian politician. Gellibrand was born at sea in 1823. In 1871 he was elected to the

Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 25 m ...

, representing the seat of

Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. ...

, but he was defeated the following year. He returned in 1874 as the member for Ringwood, serving until 1886. He died in 1905 in

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

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1823 births 1905 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly People born at sea {{Australia-politician-stub