Nicholas Tooth
{{Short description|Australian politician (1844–1913)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Nicholas Tooth
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Pialba Council 1904.png
|caption = First Pialba Shire Council c.1900–1908 – Nicholas Tooth is at the right on the rear row.
| constituency_AM1 = Burrum
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 13 May 1893
| term_end1 = 11 March 1902
| predecessor1 = Charles Powers
| successor1 = George Martin
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1844|9|7|df=y}}
|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1913|8|17|1844|9|7|df=y}}
|death_place = Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace = Maryborough Cemetery
|birthname = Nicholas Edward Nelson Tooth
|nationality = Australian
|party = Ministerial
|otherparty =
|spouse = Charlotte Tomson (m.1868 d.1940)
|known_for =
| occupation = Foundry owner
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Nicholas Edward Nelson Tooth (7 September 1844 – 17 August 1913) was a foundry owner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2057232543|accessdate= 14 February 2016}}
Early days
Tooth was born at Sydney to John Tooth and his wife Elizabeth (née Newnham) and was educated at Castle's private school in Calder House, Sydney. He began his working career as a clerk with the Bank of New South Wales before unsuccessfully trying his hand at pastoral pursuits at Widgee Station. He then leased Kolan Station and was a stock-drover before becoming an agent and auctioneer in Maryborough.
For two years he was a farmer in Maryborough before joining Walkers Foundry as a clerk. He then became a senior partner at the Vulcan Foundry in Maryborough.
Political career
After serving as an alderman in Maryborough including four stints as mayor in 1880–81, 1885–86, 1889, and 1891 he stood for the seat of Burrum in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1893, defeating the Labour candidate, Mr J Willard.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3559855 |title=GENERAL ELECTION. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=15 May 1893 |accessdate=14 February 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} He went on to hold the seat until 1902 when he was defeated by George Martin of the Labour Party.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19153414 |title=BURRUM. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=14 March 1902 |accessdate=14 February 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
In August 1905 the Pialba Shire Council appointed Tooth as its first Shire Clerk,{{cite news |title=Burrum Shire Council |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148673408? |access-date=26 January 2025 |publisher=Maryborough Chronicle |date=5 August 1905}} a position he served in until his death in August 1913.{{cite book |last1=Seymour |first1=George |title=Pialba and the Pier |date=2023 |publisher=Watson Ferguson & Co |isbn=9780645508383 |page=20}}
Personal life
On the 14 April 1868, Tooth married Charlotte Thomson (died 1940)[https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research] — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 14 February 2016. and together had four sons and four daughters.
He was a Major in the Wide Bay and Burnett Infantry Regiment, a member of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society, and was also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Hospital Board, the School of Arts, and the Pastoral and Agricultural Society.
Tooth died in 1913 and was buried in the Maryborough Cemetery.[http://www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/cemeteries-online Cemeteries Online] — Fraser Coast Region. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
References
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Colony of Queensland people
Category:19th-century Australian politicians
Category:20th-century Australian politicians
Category:Politicians from Sydney