William Tooth Explained

William Tooth
Constituency Mp:United Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis
Term Start:12 February 1858
Term End:11 April 1859
Predecessor:Patrick Leslie
Successor:Seat abolished
Birth Date:1 January 1823
Birth Place:Cranbrook, Kent, England
Death Place:Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
Party:None
Spouse:Lucy Ann Harris (m.1850 d.1916)
Children:Nine children

William Butler Tooth (1823-1876) was an English born Australian politician and pastoralist, who from 1858 - 1859 represented the Electoral district of United Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.[1]

He was the founder of the Union Club and was a member of the committees of the Sydney Club, the Society for Suppression of Cattle Stealing and the Agricultural Society of New South Wales.

Tooth married Lucy Ann Harris (died 1916)[2] in Sydney in 1850 and together had nine children. He died in Toowoomba[3] in 1876 and was buried in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.[4]

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  1. 532 . Yes . 16 June 2019.
  2. News: PERSONAL. . . Qld. . 14 March 1916 . 4 January 2016 . 4 . Trove.
  3. News: Family Notices. . . Toowoomba, Qld. . 7 June 1876 . 4 January 2016 . 3 . Trove.
  4. http://www.tr.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/cemeteries/deceased-search/burial/50931 Deceased search