Thomas Hellyer
Politician and solicitor in New South Wales, Australia (1840–1889)
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Thomas Henry Hellyer (1840 – 5 April 1889) was an Australian politician and solicitor.
1840
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| Born | Thomas Henry Hellyer 1840 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 5 April 1889 (aged 48–49) |
| Occupations | Politician and solicitor |
| Spouse | Rose Anne Parfitt (1862–death) |
| Children | 12 |
| Father | William Hellyer |
Biography
He was born in 1840 at Bathurst to solicitor William Hellyer,[1] and Margaret née Gray. On 25 April 1862, he married Rose Anne Parfitt,[2] with whom he had twelve children. A solicitor, he practised from 1867, first in Sydney, then in Parramatta from 1869, Bathurst from 1878,[3] and Sydney again from 1885, sharing the same Sydney premises as his father.[4]
He was the mayor of Bathurst for 1880,[5] and 1881.[6]
In 1882 he was a candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He stood for Bathurst at the election on Saturday 2 December, but was narrowly defeated with a margin of 16 votes (1.6%),[7] but was elected unopposed for the neighbouring district of West Macquarie the following week.[8] He resigned in 1884 for unknown reasons.
Hellyer had a cancer removed, however it returned in December 1888,[9] and he died at Liverpool in 1889 (aged 49).[10]