James Toohey (New South Wales politician)

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James Matthew Toohey (18 March 1850 – 25 September 1895) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Melbourne to businessman Matthew Toohey and Honora Hall. He was a brewer, opening a business with his brother John in 1870 that eventually became Tooheys Brewery. on 5 June 1873 he married Catherine Magdalene Ferris, with whom he had twelve children. In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for South Sydney. He held the seat until he resigned in 1893. Toohey died at Pisa in Italy in 1895.[1]

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New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for South Sydney
1885–1893
Served alongside: Davies/Withers/Edmunds/Wise, Forsyth/Riley/Martin, Olliffe/Wise/Traill
Succeeded by
William Manning