Henry Bolton (Australian politician)

For the former leader of the UK Independence Party, see Henry Bolton (British politician).

Henry Bolton
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Moira
In office
May 1880 – April 1884
Personal details
Born1842
Galway, Ireland
Died29 March 1900
SpouseAnnie Eagan
ProfessionBrewer, Legislator

Henry Bolton (1842 – 29 March 1900), was a brewer and politician in colonial Victoria.

Bolton was the son of James Bolton, a farmer and civil engineer, and his wife Mary Fynn of Galway, Ireland, where he was born in 1842. He came to Victoria in 1861, and began as a brewer at Heathcote, removing to Seymour in 1869. He was president of the Seymour Shire Council, and having unsuccessfully contested Moira in the Liberal interest in 1877, was returned to the Legislative Assembly for that constituency in 1880. He was Postmaster-General in the Bryan O'Loghlen Government from July 1881 to March 1883. He subsequently retired from public life in Victoria, and commenced business in Queensland. Bolton married, in 1866, Annie, second daughter of James Eagan, of the Major's Line Station.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Bolton, Hon. Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ "Parliament of Victoria - Bolton, Henry". Melbourne, Victoria: Parliament of Victoria. 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Historical Index Searching". Queensland Government. pp. 1900/C2672. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2012.