# Atkinson Tighe

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{{Short description|Butcher, politician and police magistrate in New South Wales, Australia}}
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'''Atkinson Alfred Patrick Tighe''' (3 March 1827{{spaced ndash}}13 June 1905) was an Australian politician, butcher and police magistrate.

He was born at sea near [Corfu](/source/Corfu) to Sergeant Robert Tighe of the 17th Regiment. He arrived in [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) around 1830, and by 1840 his father was chief constable and a publican at [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle%2C_New_South_Wales). The younger Tighe established a slaughterhouse, and on 14 July 1859 married Arabella Vine, with whom he had seven children. A Newcastle alderman from 1859 to 1862 and from 1871 to 1873, he served as mayor from 1872 to 1873.<ref name="Atkinson Tighe ADB">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=tighe-atkinson-alfred-patrick-4723 |title=Tighe, Atkinson Alfred Patrick (1827–1905) |first=Dan |last=O'Donnell |volume=6 |year=1976 |access-date=2021-01-17}}</ref>

In 1862 he was elected to the [New South Wales Legislative Assembly](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly) for [Northumberland](/source/Electoral_district_of_Northumberland), serving until 1869.<ref name="Green Northumberland">{{cite NSW election |title=Elections for the District of Northumberland |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Northumberland |access-date=2021-01-17}}</ref> During this period he served for a month (September &ndash; October 1868) as [Postmaster-General](/source/Postmaster-General_of_New_South_Wales). In 1873 he was appointed local coroner at Newcastle, and he was a police magistrate from 1874 to 1878.<ref name="Atkinson Tighe NSW parl"/> He returned to the Assembly in 1882 but resigned due to ill health in 1884.<ref name="Green Northumberland"/>

Tighe died at [Glebe Point](/source/Glebe_Point%2C_New_South_Wales) on {{death date and age|1905|6|13|1827|3|3|df=y}}.<ref name="Atkinson Tighe NSW parl">{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Atkinson Alfred Patrick Tighe (1827-1905) |id=573 |former=Yes |access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref>

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{{s-bef|before=[Joseph Docker](/source/Joseph_Docker)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Postmaster-General](/source/Postmaster-General_of_New_South_Wales) | years=Sep{{spaced ndash}}Oct 1868}}
{{s-aft|after=[Daniel Egan](/source/Daniel_Egan)}}
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{{s-bef|before=[Thomas Lewis](/source/Thomas_Lewis_(New_South_Wales_politician))}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member for [Northumberland](/source/Electoral_district_of_Northumberland) | years=1862{{spaced ndash}}1869}}
{{s-aft|after=[William Brookes](/source/William_Brookes_(New_South_Wales_politician))}}
{{s-bef|before=[Thomas Hungerford](/source/Thomas_Hungerford_(Australian_politician))}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member for [Northumberland](/source/Electoral_district_of_Northumberland) | years=1882{{spaced ndash}}1884 | alongside=[Ninian Melville](/source/Ninian_Melville)}}
{{s-aft|after=[Richard Luscombe](/source/Richard_Luscombe)}}
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{{s-bef|before=[James Hannell](/source/James_Hannell)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Mayor of Newcastle](/source/Mayor_of_Newcastle_(New_South_Wales)) | years=1872{{spaced ndash}}1873}}
{{s-aft|after= 	E. A. White}}
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Category:1827 births
Category:1905 deaths
Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Category:19th-century Australian politicians
Category:Mayors and lord mayors of Newcastle
Category:People born at sea
Category:Postmasters-general of New South Wales

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