Thomas Chataway

Thomas Chataway
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 January 1907  30 June 1913
Personal details
Born (1864-04-06)6 April 1864
Sussex, England
Died 5 March 1925(1925-03-05) (aged 60)
Nationality English Australian
Political party Anti-Socialist (190709)
Liberal (190913)
Occupation Grazier

Thomas Drinkwater Chataway (6 April 1864 5 March 1925) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Sussex, he was educated at Charterhouse School before migrating to Australia in 1881, where he became a grazier and mill-owner in New South Wales and then Queensland. He was a leader among Queensland cane growers, sitting on Mackay Council and serving as mayor in 1904. In 1906 he was elected to the Australian Senate as an Anti-Socialist Senator for Queensland. He joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party when it formed in 1909. Chataway was defeated in 1913, after which he became a journalist in Melbourne. He died in 1925.[1]

References

  1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
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