William Mollison (politician) explained

William Thomas Mollison (1816 – 9 November 1886) was an pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria. Born in London, England, to Crawford Mollison and Elizabeth, née Fullerton,[1] he arrived in the Port Phillip District in 1838 to join his brother, Alexander Fullerton Mollison.

On 8 June 1853 Mollison was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Talbot, Dalhousie and Anglesey, a seat he held until the original council was abolished in March 1856.[1] [2] He was elected to represent Dundas and Follett in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in April 1858, holding the seat, renamed Dundas in 1859, until his February 1864 resignation.[1]

Mollison died in England, aged 69 or 70.

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  1. 719 . William Thomas Mollison . 28 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Early History of the Colony of Victoria . II . Labilliere, Francis Peter . Francis Labilliere . 1878 . 18 July 2014.