Peter Snodgrass

Peter Snodgrass (29 September 1817 – 25 November 1867) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, and later, of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] [2]

Snodgrass was born in Portugal and arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, with his parents Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass (later Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales) and Janet, née Wright, in December 1828.[2] Peter Snodgrass travelled overland to the Port Phillip District in 1838.[1]

Snodgrass was elected a member of the first Victorian Legislative Council on 13 September 1851.[3] and held the seat until the original Council was abolished in 1856. Snodgrass was then elected a member of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly and remained so until his death.[2]

Snodgrass died in South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, of a heart aneurism.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Snodgrass, Peter". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gross, Alan. "Snodgrass, Peter (1817–1867)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria II.


Victorian Legislative Council
New creation Member for Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour
1851–1856
Served alongside: Patrick O'Brien (from 1853)
Original Council abolished
Victorian Legislative Assembly
New creation Member for Anglesey
1856–1859
Seat abolished
New creation Member for Dalhousie
1859–1864
Succeeded by
George John Sands
Preceded by
John Johnson
Member for South Gippsland
1864–1867
Succeeded by
Thomas McCombie
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