Thomas Price
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Thomas Price (January 19, 1852 – May 31, 1909) was a mason and lay preacher who became the first Labour premier of South Australia. He introduced various social reforms including the introduction of free state secondary school education and legislation to improve working conditions.
He was born in Brymbo, Denbighshire, Wales, and emigrated to Australia with his family in 1883. There he quickly became involved in trade union activity, and was elected to the Lower House of South Australia in 1893. He was Prime Minister of South Australia from 1905 to 1909.
He died at Mount Lofty, Hawthorn, South Australia.
[edit] External links
- Thomas Price profile from SA Parliament website
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Richard Butler |
Premier of South Australia July 26, 1905 – May 31, 1909 |
Succeeded by Archibald Peake |
| Premiers of South Australia |  |
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| Finniss | Baker | Torrens | Hanson | Reynolds | Waterhouse | Dutton | Ayers | Blyth | Hart | Boucaut | Strangways | Colton | Morgan | Bray | Downer | Playford II | Cockburn | Holder | Kingston | Solomon | Jenkins | Butler | Price | Peake | Verran | Vaughan | Barwell | Gunn | Hill | Butler | Richards | Playford IV | Walsh | Dunstan | Hall | Corcoran | Tonkin | Bannon | Arnold | Brown | Olsen | Kerin | Rann | |
