Henry Tossell

Henry George Tossell (c. 1854 – 24 March 1933) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Yorke Peninsula from 1915 to 1930 for the Liberal Union and Liberal Federation.

[1] His family migrated to South Australia when he was at a young age, when he spent most of his time in the Mount Barker region.

He worked for the Jeanes Brothers firm as a road contractor and became its manager before starting his own contracting business; he subsequently became a farmer near Maitland.

As a contractor for the local road board, he was once the highest individual wage payer in his district.

[2] Tossell was one of the original members of the Farmers and Producers Political Union.