Thomas Power (Australian politician)

Thomas Herbert Power (29 July 1802 – 28 November 1873) was an auctioneer, pastoral agent and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

Thomas Power
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Southern Province
In office 1 November 1856 – 1 September 1864
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	William Henry Pettett
Personal details
Born	29 July 1802 Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland
Died	28 November 1873(1873-11-28) (aged 71) Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Power was born in Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary, Ireland.[1] His parents were David Power, a merchant, and Bridget, née Higgins. Power emigrated to the Port Phillip District in 1839 via Launceston, Tasmania.[1] He was an auctioneer in Melbourne from 1839 to 1843 and again in 1846; he was also a squatter in Boroondara in the early 1840s.[1]

Power was elected to the Southern Province of the new Legislative Council in November 1856, a seat he held until 1 September 1864.[1]

Power was a director of the National Bank of Australasia in 1860–1866 and a commissioner of the Savings Bank of Victoria.[1] He died in Hawthorn, Victoria on 28 November 1873. He was married to Mary Sophia Blurton, there was at least one child, a son Robert.[1]