Michael Cotton (Australian politician)

Michael Cotton

Member of New South Wales Legislative Council
In office 30 January 1829 – 30 April 1834
Collector of Customs
In office 1828–1834
Preceded by	John Campbell
Succeeded by	John George Nathaniel Gibbes

Personal details
Born	Michael Cullen Cotton

Michael Cullen Cotton was a politician in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly during the early colonial period.

Cotton served as collector of customs from 1828 to 1834 replacing John Campbell. In 1829, he became a member of the newly extended Legislative Council. In 1833, he exchanged positions with John George Nathaniel Gibbes who was the Collector of Customs in the major East Anglian port of Great Yarmouth.