Harman Tarrant

Harman John Tarrant (1844 – 10 September 1900) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

He was the son of revenue collector Harman Tarrant and Elizabeth O'Callaghan. He trained as a medical doctor in Dublin, London, Paris and Edinburgh, and was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. From 1869 he ran a practise in Kiama, New South Wales. On 10 August 1869 he married Frances Jane Hargraves, daughter of gold pioneer Edward Hargraves; they had six children. From 1879 he practised in Sydney. In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kiama. He served until his retirement in 1887, but in 1890 was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until he was bankrupted in 1896. Tarrant died in Sydney in 1900.[1]