Glassey, Thomas
Personal
Birth Date:
26 February 1844 (Markethill, Count Armagh)
Death Date:
28 September 1936 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
Wilhelm Glassey and Susannah
Family:
Margaret Fergeson White on 3 August 1864 in Airdrie, Scotland, 6 sons, 4 daughters
Education:
Self educated at Sunday school
Religion:
Presbyterian
Career
Linen mill weaver; Messenger, 1852; Coal miner, 1857; Miner and agitator; Worked in a co-operative store and as an auctioneer, 1867; Miner in Queensland, 1884; Queensland Immigration agent in England, 1911-12; Director, New Aberdare Colliery Ltd
Party Positions:
- Chairman Queensland Central Executive ALP. 1892 - 31 Dec 1892
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Bundamba | 12 May 1888 | 13 May 1893 | |
Assembly | ALP | Burke | 16 Jun 1894 | 10 Mar 1896 | |
Assembly | ALP | Bundaberg | 12 Apr 1896 | 22 Jun 1901 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Secretary, Bundamba Miners' Association
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 196004; Australian Dictionary of Biography v.0 Melbourne University Press, 1983; Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001); Millar, Ann, ed., The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate: Vol 1:1901-1929 (Carlton, Vic: Melbourne University Press, 2000)
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