Thomas Price (Queensland politician) explained

Thomas Price
Constituency Am1:Wide Bay
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:23 Nov 1878
Term End1:7 Sep 1883
Predecessor1:Henry King
Successor1:Matthew Mellor
Alongside1:William Bailey
Birth Date:1840
Birth Place:Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England
Death Date:4 April 1906 (aged 65 or 66)
Death Place:Albion, Queensland, Australia
Birthname:Thomas Price
Nationality:English Australian
Spouse:Elizabeth Grice (m.1870 d.1933)
Occupation:Builder

Thomas Price (1840–1906) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1] Price was the member for the Electoral District of Wide Bay from November 1878 to September 1883.

Personal life

He was born in 1840 in Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England to Thomas Price and Elizabeth (née Banter). He died on 4 April 1906 in Albion, Brisbane, Queensland. He married Elizabeth Grice (died 1933)[2] on 27 December 1870, and had 4 sons and 3 daughters.

Price was a builder and contractor who acquired a Tiaro grazing property in 1890.

According to an article in the Melbourne Age he was fined 40 shillings for drunkenness and disturbing the services of the salvation army.[3]

Notes and References

  1. 13 December 2015.
  2. https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research
  3. News: Queensland . 19 September 1882 . 9 February 2016. . 3 .