John Bennett (Victorian politician)
John Barter Bennett (c.1824 – 19 May 1887) was a lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]
Early life
Bennett was born in Cork, Ireland.[1]
Colonial Australia
Bennett arrived in the Melbourne in 1842 and was admitted attorney to the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the Port Phillip District.[1] Bennett represented the Southern Province in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council from November 1856 to May 1863.[1] Bennett was senior partner in the firm of Messrs. Bennett, Attenborough, Wilks, & Nunn, solicitors and notaries public, Collins Street, Melbourne.[2]
Bennett later lived at 28 Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, England, and died in London on 19 May 1887.[1] He was married to Kate and had two daughters; he left his estate of £43,000 to his family.[3]
References
- "Bennett, John Barter". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
- "Obituary". South Australian Register. Adelaide, S.A. 23 May 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 1 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Wills and Bequests". Table Talk. Melbourne. 30 September 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 1 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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| New creation | Member for Southern Province November 1856 – May 1863 With: William J. T. Clarke 1856–61, 62– Joseph Sutherland 1861–62 Thomas Power 1856–63 Thomas McCombie 1856–59 Gideon Rutherford 1859–60 William Degraves 1860– Donald Kennedy 1856– |
Succeeded by John Bear |