About Thomas Wilkinson
Lived 1799 – 1881 (aged 82). Thomas Wilkinson was a politician.
Thomas Wilkinson (6 April 1799 – 20 April 1881) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia) and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Van Diemen's Land Wilkinson was born in Sunderland, and arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1833. Commenting on this translation, G. W. Walker says:
Port Phillip District Wilkinson arrived in the Port Phillip District in April 1840 via Van Diemens Land.
Politics On 10 September 1851, Wilkinson was elected as a member of Portland in the first (unicameral) Victorian Legislative Council. He was sworn in November 1851 and held the seat until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.
Wilkinson died in Brunswick, Victoria, on 20 April 1881.
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Who was Thomas Wilkinson?
Australian politician in colonial Victoria (1799-1881)
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Thomas Wilkinson was born on 6 April 1799.
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Thomas Wilkinson died on 20 April 1881 in Brunswick.
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Thomas Wilkinson was a politician.
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