Skip Ribbon Commands
Skip to main content

Member Details

Mr Michael Cullen COTTON

Member Photo
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 30 Jan 1829 30 Apr 1834 5 years 3 months 1 day An Appointed Member of the first Legislative Council 1824 - 1843. Leave of absence to proceed to England 6 October 1831 and did not return.
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Collector of Customs for 1828 until 1834. In 1833 he exchanged positions with Major John George Nathaniel Gibbes (1787 - 1873), then Collector of Customs at Great Yarmouth in England. (Gibbes later became a Member of the first Council).
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Nothing is known of his date of birth and death or of his personal life.
Additional Information