# William Tooth

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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name             = William Tooth
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| image            = William Butler Tooth - New South Wales politician.jpg
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| caption          = 
| constituency_MP  = [United Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis](/source/Electoral_district_of_Moreton%2C_Wide_Bay%2C_Burnett%2C_Maranoa%2C_Leichhardt_and_Port_Curtis)
| parliament       = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
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| term_start       = 12 February 1858
| term_end         = 11 April 1859
| predecessor      = [Patrick Leslie](/source/Patrick_Leslie)
| successor        = ''Seat abolished''
| prior_term       = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1823|01|01|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Cranbrook, Kent](/source/Cranbrook%2C_Kent), [England](/source/England)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1876|06|05|1823|01|01}}
| death_place      = [Toowoomba](/source/Toowoomba), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [Australia](/source/Australia)
| resting_place    = [Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery](/source/Drayton_and_Toowoomba_Cemetery)
| citizenship      = 
| party            = None
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| spouse           = Lucy Ann Harris (m.1850 d.1916)
| relations        = 
| children         = Nine children
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'''William Butler Tooth''' (1823 – 1876) was an English born Australian politician and pastoralist, who represented the [electoral district of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis](/source/electoral_district_of_Moreton%2C_Wide_Bay%2C_Burnett%2C_Maranoa%2C_Leichhardt_and_Port_Curtis) in the [New South Wales Legislative Assembly](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly) from 1858 until 1859.<ref name=nsw>{{cite NSW Parliament|url=|id=532 |former=Yes |title=Mr William Butler Tooth (1823-1876) |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>

He was the founder of the Union Club and was a member of the committees of the Sydney Club, the Society for Suppression of Cattle Stealing and the [Agricultural Society of New South Wales](/source/Royal_Agricultural_Society_of_New_South_Wales).

Tooth married Lucy Ann Harris (died 1916)<ref name=wife>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188048922 |title=PERSONAL. |newspaper=[Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922)](/source/Darling_Downs_Gazette) |location=Qld. |date=14 March 1916 |accessdate=4 January 2016 |page=4 |via=Trove}}</ref> in Sydney in 1850 and together had nine children. He died in [Toowoomba](/source/Toowoomba)<ref name=deathlocation>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76921821 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=[The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser (Toowoomba, Qld. : 1858 - 1880)](/source/Darling_Downs_Gazette) |location=Toowoomba, Qld. |date=7 June 1876 |accessdate=4 January 2016 |page=3 |via=Trove}}</ref> in 1876 and was buried in [Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery](/source/Drayton_and_Toowoomba_Cemetery).<ref name=burial>[http://www.tr.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/cemeteries/deceased-search/burial/50931 Deceased search] &mdash; [Toowoomba Regional Council](/source/Toowoomba_Region). Retrieved 4 January 2016.</ref>

== References ==
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{{s-bef|before= [Patrick Leslie](/source/Patrick_Leslie) |as=Member for <br>Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa}}
{{s-ttl |title= Member for <br>[Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa,<br>Leichhardt and Port Curtis](/source/Electoral_district_of_Moreton%2C_Wide_Bay%2C_Burnett_and_Maranoa)|years=1858&ndash;1859}}
{{s-non|reason=Seat abolished}}
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Category:1823 births
Category:1876 deaths
Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Category:Burials at Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
Category:19th-century Australian politicians
Category:English emigrants to colonial Australia
Category:People from Cranbrook, Kent

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