Harry_Marshall_(politician)

Harry Marshall (politician)

Harry Marshall (politician)

Politician and publican in Western Australia

Thomas Henry Marshall[lower-alpha 1] (c. 1862 – 28 December 1909) was an Australian politician, publican and merchant who served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1894 to 1895.[1][3]

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Biography

Marshall was born in Western Australia, with his precise birthplace having been listed as Baylup, Toodyay or Fremantle.[4] He was the son of Louisa Harris or Tulk and Edward Marshall,[2] a convict who originally arrived in Western Australia aboard Ramillies in 1854.[5][6]

Marshall served as a councillor for the Western Australian towns of Fremantle (resigned in 1895)[7] and Cue (from 1906).[3] He served in the Western Australian Legislative Council as the third member for West Province from 1894 to 1895.

In his final years, Marshall operated as licensee of the Great Fingall and Day Dawn hotels. On 28 December 1909, he died in Day Dawn, aged 47, due to gastroenteritis.[4] He was buried at Cue Cemetery.[3][8]

Notes

  1. Birthname probably listed as "Henry James Marshall".[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Thomas Henry (Harry) Marshall". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Births, Deaths and Marriages". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    Bolton, Geoffrey (2005). Marshall, Thomas Henry (Harry) (1862–1909). Australian National University. Retrieved 21 January 2022 – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  4. [4]
    "The death of Mr. T. Harry Marshall". Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader. 1 January 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2022 – via Trove.
  5. [5]
    Bolton, Geoffrey (2005). "Harry Marshall: a Fremantle larrikin in politics". Fremantle Studies. Fremantle History Society. Retrieved 21 January 2022 – via Fremantle Stuff.
  6. [6]
    "Edward Marshall". Convict Records. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Hon. T. Harry Marshall". Southern Times. 5 January 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2022 – via Trove.
  8. [8]
    "Cue and Day Dawn Cemetery Records" (PDF). Shire of Cue: Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2022.


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