Thomas Colls

Thomas Colls (1822 – 2 March 1898) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Liverpool to Thomas Colls and Sarah Perkins. He attended a boarding school near Campbelltown before being apprenticed to a wheelwright. In 1847 he moved to Yass, working as a wheelwright, blacksmith and farrier. He became a hotelier in 1848, retiring in 1873. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Clegg in 1842 and produced ten children; the second was to Minnie Linsley in 1894. From 1880 to 1897 Colls was a Yass alderman, serving four times as mayor. In 1886, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Yass Plains. A Protectionist, he held the seat until his defeat in 1894 when the district was renamed Yass.[1][2]

Colls died at Yass in 1898 (aged 75–76).[3]

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Yass Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
Green, Antony. "1894 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
"Mr Thomas Colls (1822-1898)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Louis Heydon	Member for Yass Plains 1886–1894	Succeeded by William Affleck as Member for Yass

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[Green_Yass_Plains-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Yass Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[2] Green, Antony. "1894 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[Thomas_Colls_NSW_parl-3] "Mr Thomas Colls (1822-1898)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.