Tom Gilmore Sr. Explained

Tom Gilmore
Constituency Mp:Leichhardt
Parliament:Australian
Predecessor:New seat
Successor:Harry Bruce
Term Start:10 December 1949
Term End:28 April 1951
Constituency Am1:Tablelands
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:3 August 1957
Term End1:1 June 1963
Predecessor1:Harold Collins
Successor1:Edwin Wallis-Smith
Birth Date:1908 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Wolfram, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:Queensland, Australia
Birthname:Thomas Vernon Gilmore
Nationality:Australian
Spouse:Anne Campbell MacDonald
Party:Country Party
Occupation:Tobacco grower
Relations:Tom Gilmore Jr. (son)

Thomas Vernon Gilmore Sr. (7 May 1908  - 14 November 1994) was an Australian politician.

Born in Wolfram, Queensland, he was educated at state schools before becoming a sugarcane and tobacco grower at Babinda. He served in the military 1942–47.[1]

In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for the new seat of Leichhardt, notionally held by Labor.[2] He was defeated by the Labor candidate in 1951 and, after a stint in the Parliament of Queensland as the member for Tablelands (1957–1963)[3] retired to become a grazier and cattle-breeder.

Gilmore died in 1994 at the age of 86.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=920673 Service record
  2. Web site: Carr. Adam. Australian Election Archive. Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. 2008. 2008-07-16.
  3. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 25 January 2015.