Henry Robert Maguire Pigott (2 October 1866 – 8 July 1949) was an Australia

Australia

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n politician. He was born in Ceylon of Irish parents (Henry Pigott and Ellen Giles, from Dublin), and attended the London School for the Sons of Missionaries. He emigrated to Australia in 1885, becoming a bank officer, and a stock and station agent. He owned land at Tottenham

Tottenham, New South Wales

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 in 1910. In 1913

Australian federal election, 1913

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, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 for the Commonwealth Liberal Party

Commonwealth Liberal Party

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, defeating Labour

Australian Labor Party

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 member for Calare

Division of Calare

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 Thomas Brown

Thomas Brown (New South Wales politician)

Thomas Brown was an Australian farmer and politician, born near Forbes, New South Wales, to Mitchell Brown, a domestic servant, and his wife Isabella, née Abernethy....

. He held the seat until 1919 (during which time the Liberal Party had become the Nationalist Party

Nationalist Party of Australia

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), when he was defeated by Labor's Thomas Lavelle

Thomas Lavelle

Thomas James Lavelle was an Australian politician. He was born in Liverpool, New South Wales, and received a primary education. He worked variously as a farmer, a canecutter and a railworker, before becoming an organiser of the Australian Workers' Union...

. An attempt to regain the seat as a member of the newly formed Country Party

National Party of Australia

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 in 1922 was unsuccessful. He subsequently became a grazier and a leader in the farming community. He died in 1949.

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• The Pigott Family