Mr John (Thomas) DILLON (1847 - 1888)

Date of Birth: 01/01/1847
Place of Birth: West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 25/04/1888
Place of Death: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	15 Dec 1869	5 Jan 1882	12yr(s) 22day(s)
Member for Hunter	15 Dec 1869	3 Feb 1872	2yr(s) 1mth(s) 20day(s)	6th (1870 - 1872)
Member for Tenterfield	3 Nov 1877	9 Nov 1880	3yr(s) 7day(s)	9th (1877 - 1880)
Member for Tenterfield	22 Nov 1880	5 Jan 1882	1yr(s) 1mth(s) 15day(s)	10th (1880 - 1882)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1	1 Feb 1870	1 Feb 1870	1day	6th (1870 - 1872)
Oyster Fisheries Committee No.17	15 Mar 1870	7 May 1870	1mth 23days	6th (1870 - 1872)
Mr Richard Henry Wright Committee No.25	27 Apr 1870	7 May 1870	11days	6th (1870 - 1872)
Petition of Hugh Maguire Committee No.6	18 Aug 1870	7 Oct 1870	1mth 20days	6th (1870 - 1872)
Petition of John Fuller Foster Committee No.12	4 Nov 1870	7 Dec 1870	1mth 4days	6th (1870 - 1872)
Bathurst Gas Company’s Bill Committee No.7	29 Nov 1871	6 Dec 1871	8days	6th (1870 - 1872)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1	28 Nov 1877	28 Nov 1877	1day	9th (1877 - 1880)	Chairman
Petition of Patrick and Michael Griffin Committee No.22	29 Mar 1878	16 May 1878	1mth 18days	9th (1877 - 1880)
Primitive Methodist Church Temporalities Bill Committee No.17	1 Nov 1878	14 Nov 1878	14days	9th (1877 - 1880)
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1	28 Oct 1879	28 Oct 1879	1day	9th (1877 - 1880)	Chairman
Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children Committee No.9	19 Nov 1879	8 Jul 1880	7mths 20days	9th (1877 - 1880)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.7	17 Dec 1880	15 Mar 1881	2mths 27days	10th (1880 - 1882)
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.9	7 Jul 1881	20 Dec 1881	5mths 14days	10th (1880 - 1882)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (barrister). Educated at West Maitland Primary School and Maitland Grammar School and St Johns College, University of Sydney, where he studied classics. (B.A 1868, M.A 1876). Called to the bar in 1869. Leading Barrister on the Northern Circuit. Appointed Chief Magistrate, Sydney 1882. Crown Prosecutor South West District 1885 - 1888. Fellow St John's Roman Catholic College, University of Sydney.

Personal

Son of Thomas Dillon, farmer, and Catharine Hyndes. Married Maude Annie Mohr on 1 January 1881 at Goulburn and had no issue. Roman Catholic.

Additional Information

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