About Thomas Griffith
Lived 1842 – 1913 (aged 71). Thomas Griffith was a politician.
Thomas Hunter Griffith (13 May 1842 – 15 August 1913) Thomas Griffith (sugar planter) and Mary Anne, née Hunter. He spent time in Ireland and returned to Santa Cruz to manage sugar plantations. He then arrived in Victoria in the 1860s and became a farmer. He was an alderman of Albury Council from 1886 to 1892 and mayor 1887 and 1891.
Griffith was elected to the seat of Albury in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 27 July 1898, holding it until 16 July 1904. Griffith supported the Federation movement.
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Australian politician
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Thomas Griffith was born on 13 May 1842.
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Thomas Griffith died on 15 August 1913.
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Thomas Griffith was a politician.
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