Foley, Thomas Andrew (Tom)
Personal
Birth Date:
26 April 1886 (Charters Towers, Queensland)
Death Date:
5 February 1973 (Nudgee, Queensland)
Parents:
Andrew Foley and Margaret (nee McKeegan)
Family:
Christina Madeleine Pianta on 23 March 1920, 2 sons, 1 daughter
Education:
Charters Towers State School
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Career
Gold and coal miner; Railway timber supplier, New South Wales and Queensland; Beringan Mill, 1919; Organiser, Australian Workers' Union, 1919
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | ALP | Leichhardt | 20 Dec 1919 | 11 Jun 1932 | |
| Assembly | ALP | Normanby | 11 Jun 1932 | 28 Apr 1950 | |
| Assembly | ALP | Belyando | 29 Apr 1950 | 26 Apr 1957 | |
| Assembly | QLP | Belyando | 26 Apr 1957 | 28 May 1960 |
Parliamentary Service
| Description | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary for Mines | 28 May 1956 | 14 Jun 1956 |
| Secretary for Public Lands and Irrigation | 17 Mar 1949 | 28 May 1956 |
| Secretary for Public Lands and Secretary for Mines | 15 May 1947 | 17 Mar 1949 |
| Secretary for Health and Home Affairs | 27 Apr 1944 | 15 May 1947 |
| Secretary for Labour and Employment | 1 Oct 1942 | 27 Apr 1944 |
| Secretary for Labour and Industry | 12 Apr 1939 | 1 Oct 1942 |
| Secretary for Mines | 17 Dec 1936 | 12 Apr 1939 |
| Government Whip | 17 Jun 1932 | 16 Dec 1936 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Member, Blair Athol Workers' Political Organisation,1919
Sources:
Courier-Mail, 'Mrs Foley a keen charity worker', 16 June 1956; Lack, Clem, Three Decades of Queensland Political History, 1929-1960 (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1962); Moroney, Tim, 'Foley, Thomas Andrew (Tom) (1886–1973)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/foley-thomas-andrew-tom-10212/text18049; Hughes, Colin A and BD Graham, Voting for the House of Representatives 1890-1964, (Canberra: ANU, Department of Political Science, 1974); Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982); Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
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