Thomas Dalton (1 February 1829 – 26 June 1901) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in Duntryleague in

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to innkeeper James Dalton and Eleanor Ryan. He and his father moved to

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in the late 1840s, and in 1858 Thomas and his brother James established a store at

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. He married Elizabeth Fahey in 1856, with whom he had five children; a second marriage in 1880 to Mary Ann Josephine Walsh produced no children. He was a long-serving alderman at Orange, serving as mayor in 1877, and also expanded his business until his family wielded great influence in the colony. In 1882 he was elected to the

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as the member for

; a

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, he served until his defeat in 1891. In 1892 he was appointed to the

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, serving until his death at North Sydney in 1901.

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1829 births 1901 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Protectionist Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub