Josiah Thomas (politician)
New South Wales Parliament for Alma | |
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In office 17 July 1894 – 11 June 1901 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | William Williams |
Personal details | |
Born | Nationalist (from 1917) | 28 April 1863
Spouses | Henrietta Ingleby
(m. 1889–1901)Clara Ingleby (m. 1909) |
Occupation | Miner, trade unionist |
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Josiah Thomas (28 April 1863 – 5 February 1933) was an Australian politician. He was elected to the
Early life
Thomas was born in
Thomas was elected to the executive of the Amalgamated Miners' Association (AMA) in July 1891 and became president of its Broken Hill branch in 1892. He was a member of the Defence Committee formed during the
New South Wales politics
Thomas was elected as the
Federal politics
House of Representatives
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Thomas was elected to the
Thomas visited England as a member of the Imperial Parliamentary Association in 1916 and was thus absent during Labor's
Senate
Thomas did not seek re-election in Barrier at the 1917 election, instead winning election to the Senate as a Nationalist.[4] He was the first New South Welshman to have served in both houses of federal parliament.
In 1918 Thomas chaired the select committee on "the effect of intoxicating liquor on soldiers", submitting a dissenting report with senators
Thomas was defeated at the
Personal life
After politics, Thomas was active as a
Notes
- ^ OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Mr Josiah Thomas (1863–1933)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Massov, Alexander; Pollard, Marina; Windle, Kevin, eds. (2018). "Alexander Abaza" (PDF). A New Rival State?: Australia in Tsarist Diplomatic Communications. ANU Press. p. 291.
- ^ a b c d Kerley, Margot (2000). "Thomas, Josiah (1863–1933)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Vol. 1. Retrieved 22 January 2023.