Samuel Tomkinson

Samuel Tomkinson J.P. (25 April 1816 – 30 August 1900) was a South Australian banker and politician.

[1] They initially lived on King William Street, but sometime before 1860 acquired "Mangona" at 9 Blackburn Drive, Crafers, close to Summit Road, Mount Lofty, which became their summer residence and later, as "St Barberie" owned by C. T. C. de Crespigny and family.

[2] Around the time he arrived in Adelaide, the gold rush to Victoria was underway, and South Australia was undergoing a crisis brought about by shortage of currency to pay for the gold being brought back to the Colony.

Moves were made for the creation of a South Australian gold coinage, led by George Tinline.

At the end of his term in 1894 he joined the contest for the Legislative Council Central District but failed, however he won a seat in 1897.