William Dodery

William Dodery (August 1819 – 26 January 1912)[1] was an Australian politician.

Born in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland,[1] Dodery arrived in Sydney (New South Wales) with his father in 1825, and then moved to Launceston (Van Diemen's Land) six years later. He married Mary Webb at Longford in 1842 and became a land-owner and business proprietor, building the Blenheim Hotel there and establishing a coach-line for passengers between Launceston and the town.[2]

He was elected to the House of Assembly for Norfolk Plains in 1861, and was re-elected in November 1862 and in October 1866,[3] serving until his resignation in 1870 due to business commitments.[4]

In March 1877 he returned to political life and was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council seat of Longford, continuing when his seat was redistributed as Westmorland in 1885. Dodery was re-elected a number of times before retiring from the Parliament on 7 May 1907 having served as President of the Legislative Council since 1904.[5][6]

Dodery died in Longford, Tasmania, Australia on 26 January 1912.[7]

  1. ^ a b Green, F. C. "Dodery, William (1819–1912)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. ^ "COUNTRY INTELLIGENCE". The Cornwall Chronicle. Launceston, Tasmania. 12 December 1846. p. 660. Retrieved 29 January 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Dodery, Hon. William" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ "REPRESENTATION OF NORFOLK PLAINS". The Cornwall Chronicle. Launceston, Tasmania. 6 August 1870. p. 13. Retrieved 29 January 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Dodery, William". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. ^ "OBITUARY". The Examiner. 27 January 1912. p. 7 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 29 January 2013 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "OBITUARY". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 27 January 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 29 January 2013 – via National Library of Australia.