William Tooth

William Butler Tooth was an English born Australian politician and pastoralist, who from 18581859 represented the Electoral district of United Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. [1]

William Tooth
Member of Parliament
for United Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis
In office
12 February 1858  11 April 1859
Preceded byPatrick Leslie
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born(1823-01-01)1 January 1823
Cranbrook, Kent, England
Died5 June 1876(1876-06-05) (aged 53)
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeDrayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
Political partyNone
Spouse(s)Lucy Ann Harris (m.1850 d.1916)
ChildrenNine children

He was the founder of the Union Club and was a member of the committees of the Sydney Club, the Society for Suppression of Cattle Stealing and the Agricultural Society of New South Wales.

Tooth married Lucy Ann Harris (died 1916)[2] in Sydney in 1850 and together had nine children. He died in Toowoomba[3] in 1876 and was buried in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. "Mr William Butler Tooth (1823-1876)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. "PERSONAL". Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922). Qld. 14 March 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 4 January 2016 via Trove.
  3. "Family Notices". The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser (Toowoomba, Qld. : 1858 - 1880). Toowoomba, Qld. 7 June 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2016 via Trove.
  4. Deceased search Toowoomba Regional Council. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Patrick Leslie
as Member for
Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa
Member for
Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa,
Leichhardt and Port Curtis

18581859
Seat abolished
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