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Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton

Surname: FENTON

Given Names: Michael

Title and Honours: Captain

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 1789 Castle Town -County Sligo, Ireland

Date of Death: 6 April 1874 - New Norfolk, Tasmania

Legislative Council: (1) 1840-45; 1847-51(2) 4 November 1851(3) 13 September 1856

Electorate: (1) N/A (2) New Norfolk 1851 to 1856 MLC(3) New Norfolk

Party:

Positions Held: Speaker of LC 1855-56, Speaker of LC 2 December 1856 - 8 May 1861

Date of Departure: (1) 1851 (2) June 1861 (3) August 1856

Reason for Departure: (1) Resigned (one of Patriotic Six). (2) Parliament restructure. (3) Defeated.

Comments:

First Speaker of elected Assembly.

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: K

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

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.