John Hamilton | |
Office: | Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Glenorchy |
Term Start: | 20 June 1887 |
Term End: | 2 April 1903 |
Predecessor: | Alfred Dobson |
Successor: | Frederick Rattle |
Birthname: | John Hamilton |
Birth Date: | 1834 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Hobart, Van Diemen's Land |
Death Place: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Partner: | Ellen Morgan (m. 1861) |
John Hamilton (11 July 1834 – 17 August 1924) was an Australian politician.
Hamilton was born in Hobart in 1834,[1] to William Hamilton and Mary Anne Wilson, who had arrived in Van Diemen's Land from Ireland in 1832. He studied at The Hutchins School before being apprenticed to a merchant. He later established his own business, John Hamilton & Co.[2] In 1887 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the seat of Glenorchy. He served until his defeat in 1903. He died in 1924 in Hobart.[1]