Surname: BALFE
Given Names: John Donnellan
Title and Honours: Mr
Qualifications:
Date and Place of Birth: 1816 - County Meath, Ireland
Date of Death: 13 December 1880 - Hobart, Tasmania
House of Assembly: (1) 27 February 1857 (2)
1 September 1871 (3) 1 June 1874 (4) 18 April 1877
Electorate: (1) Franklin (2) West Hobart (3) South Launceston
(4) West Hobart
Party:
Positions Held: Chair Committees 1863-66
Date of Departure: (1) 1870 (2) January 1872 (3) April
1877 (4) 13 December 1880
Reason for Departure: (1) N/A. (2) N/A. (3) Resigned.
(4) N/A.
Comments: Sailed to Tasmania 1850. Renowned
as author and speaker, constantly clashing with authorities.
Briefly Editor of the Mercury (1868).
House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 4
Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
Additional Reference Material:
A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968.
Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.
