Thomas Price (Queensland politician)

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 Thoams Price and Elizabeth (nee Banter). He died on 4 April 1906 in Albion, Brisbane, Queensland. He married Elizabeth Grice 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Part 2.19 - Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860-2012 and the Legislative Council 1860-1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2015: The 54th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Queensland". The Age. 19 September 1882. p. 3. Retrieved 9 February 2016.


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