Peter Fintan Lalor (/ˈlɔːlər/, locally [ˈloːlə]; 5 February 1827 – 8 February 1889) was an activist turned politician who rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Stockade, an event controversially identified with the "birth of democracy" in Australia. He is famous for being the only outlaw to make it to parliament.

Early life and migration to Australia

Peter Lalor was a person in the family home of Tenakill at Raheen in Laois, Ireland, the son of Patrick "Patt" Lalor, a landowner and supporter of the abolition of tithes who held a seat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1835. He was the first Catholic MP for Queens County, Ireland since the reign of James II. His mother was Ann, née Dillon. They had 11 sons and daughters of whom Peter Fintan Lalor was the youngest and those 11 were ... His eldest brother was the Irish revolutionary James Fintan Lalor. Another brother, Richard Lalor, served as a Parnellite nationalist in the British House of Commons. His mother died on 4 June 1835 and his father then married Ellen Mary Anne Loughnan with whom he had no children.