Dunstan, Thomas
Personal
Birth Date:
20 April 1873 (Waiokaraka, Thames)
Death Date:
19 June 1954 (Gympie, Queensland)
Parents:
Nicholas John Dunstan and Esther Mary Ann (nee Connon)
Family:
Mary Lydamont on 27 February 1901, 5 sons, 2 daughters
Education:
Thames State School; One Mile State School, Gympie
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Editor, Labor Leader, Brisbane, 1943; Editor-Manager, Gympie Truth, 1901 to 1942; Reporter, secretary & canvasser, Gympie Truth, 1897; Apprentice, Gympie Times newspaper
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Gympie | 22 May 1915 | 11 May 1929 | |
Assembly | ALP | Gympie | 11 May 1935 | 29 Apr 1950 | |
Assembly | ALP | Nash | 29 Apr 1950 | 7 Mar 1953 | Did not contest |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Temporary Chairman of Committees | 1939 | 1949 |
Secretary for Public Lands | 22 Oct 1925 | 21 May 1929 |
Minister without Office | 26 Feb 1925 | 22 Oct 1925 |
Temporary Chairman of Committees | 1920 | 1924 |
Additional Information
Notes:
During his time as Temporary Chairman of Committees, he did much to make the Parliamentary Library an excellent collection. Mr Dunstan was a keen artist and would sketch the features and gestures of members
Sources:
Image sourced from C Lack, Three decades of Queensland political history, 1929-1960 (1962); The Gympie Times, Funeral of late Thomas Dunstan. Gympie pays last respects to a great citizen, 22 Jun 1954; Carnell, Ian, 'Dunstan, Thomas (1873–1954)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dunstan-thomas-6058; Hughes, Colin A and B D Graham, Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964, (Canberra: ANU, Department of Political Science, 1974); Bernays, Charles Arrowsmith, Queensland: Our Seventh Political Decade (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1931); Bernays, Charles Arrowsmith, Queensland Politics During Sixty (1859-1919) Years (Brisbane: A.J. Cummings, Government Printer, 1920); Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982)
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