Surname: GANT
Given Names: Tetley
Title and Honours: Mr, CMG
Qualifications: MA (Oxford)
Date and Place of Birth: 19 July 1854 - Bradford, Yorkshire,
England
Date of Death: 7 February 1928 - Hobart, Tasmania
Legislative Council: 7 May 1901
Electorate: Buckingham
Party: Independent
Positions Held: Chair Committees 1904-1907; President 9 July
1907 - 27 July 1926
Minister: No
Date of Departure: 1 August 1927
Reason for Departure: Resigned.
Comments: Longest-serving President of Legislative Council.
Chancellor, University of Tasmania.
Re-elected unopposed 1920 and 1926.
House of Assembly Long Room Picture: J
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.
