Thomas Hellyer

Thomas Henry Hellyer (1840 – 5 April 1889) was an Australian politician and solicitor.

Thomas Henry Hellyer in 1880
For the 19th-century English architect, see Thomas Hellyer (architect).

He was born at Bathurst to solicitor William Hellyer,[1] and Margaret née Gray. On 25 April 1862 he married Rose Anne Parfitt,[2] with whom he had twelve children. A solicitor, he practised from 1867, first in Sydney, then in Parramatta from 1869, Bathurst from 1878,[3] and Sydney again from 1885, sharing the same Sydney premises as his father.[4]

He was the mayor of Bathurst for 1880,[5] and 1881.[6]

In 1882 he was a candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He stood for Bathurst at the election on Saturday 2 December, but was narrowly defeated with a margin of 16 votes (1.6 %),[7] but was elected unopposed for the neighbouring district of West Macquarie the following week.[8] He resigned in 1884 for unknown reasons.

Hellyer had a cancer removed, however it returned in December 1888,[9] and he died at Liverpool in 1889 (aged 49).[10]

References
  1. "Mr William Hellyer". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. "Family Notices". The Empire. 8 May 1862. p. 1. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Trove.
  3. "NSW Law Almanac 1882" (PDF). LawAlmanacs.info. p. 31. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. "NSW Law Almanac 1885" (PDF). LawAlmanacs.info. p. 28. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. "Borough of Bathurst". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 60. 13 February 1880. p. 740. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Trove.
  6. "Borough of Bathurst". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 66. 18 February 1881. p. 998. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Trove.
  7. Green, Antony. "1882 Bathurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  8. Green, Antony. "1882 West Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  9. "Poor Tom Hellyer". Windsor and Richmond Gazette. 8 December 1888. p. 6. Retrieved 24 May 2021 – via Trove.
  10. "Mr Thomas Henry Hellyer (1840-1889)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

 

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