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Tom Gilmore Sr.

Tom Gilmore Sr.

Australian politician

Thomas Vernon Gilmore Sr. (7 May 1908 – 14 November 1994) was an Australian politician.

Quick Facts Member of the Australian Parliament for Leichhardt, Preceded by ...

Born in Wolfram, Queensland, he was educated at state schools before becoming a sugarcane and tobacco grower at Babinda. He served in the military 1942–47.[1]

In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for the new seat of Leichhardt, notionally held by Labor.[2] He was defeated by the Labor candidate in 1951 and, after a stint in the Parliament of Queensland as the member for Tablelands (1957–1963)[3] retired to become a grazier and cattle-breeder.

Gilmore died in 1994 at the age of 86.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Service record — World War 2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. [2]
    Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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