Thomas Lewis (1821–1897)

Thomas Lewis (1821 – 16 April 1897) was a Welsh-born Australian politician.

This article is about the colonial member for Northumberland. For the Premier of NSW, see Tom Lewis (Australian politician). For other people, see Thomas Lewis (disambiguation).

He was born at Merthyr Tydfil to miner David Lewis and Mary Richards. A coal miner, he migrated to New South Wales around 1857 and settled near Newcastle. In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Northumberland,[1] but he resigned in 1862 to become inspector of collieries. On 20 January 1881 he married Catherine Maria Hewlett, with whom he had a daughter. Lewis died at Wollongong in 1897.[2]

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1860 Northumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. "Mr Thomas Lewis (1821-1897)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Alexander Scott		 Member for Northumberland
1860–1862		 Succeeded by
Atkinson Tighe
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