John McPhillamy

John McPhillamy (15 September 1825 – 18 July 1887) was an Australian politician.

He was born was on 15 September 1825 at Windsor to convicts William McPhillamy and Mary Scott. He worked on his stepfather's property at Mount Tamar near Bathurst, becoming station manager and eventually inheriting. On 5 March 1849 he married Maria Sophia Dargan, with whom he had seven children. By the 1850s he held a further 68,000 acres in the Lachlan River district. In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for West Macquarie,[1] but he resigned six months later. He continued to expand as a pastoralist, notably in the Wellington district. McPhillamy died at Mount Tamar in 18 July 1887.[2] He was survived by four sons and three daughters. He left an estate valued for probate at over £80,000.[3]

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1859 West Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. "Mr John McPhillamy (1825-1887)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  3. Barker, Theo (1974). "McPhillamy, John Smith (1825–1887)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 5. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New seat Member for West Macquarie
1859		 Succeeded by
Henry Mort
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