Tom Fox (politician)

Tom Fox
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Fox
Date of birth	3 October 1876
Place of birth	Scarsdale, Victoria
Date of death	20 April 1951 (aged 74)
Place of death	Fremantle, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Ballarat Imperials
Height/Weight	175 cm / 75 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1902	Carlton	10 (7)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902 season.

Tom Fox (3 October 1876 – 20 April 1951)^[1] was an Australian politician, who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1935 to 1951. Earlier, in 1902, Fox played with Australian rules football club Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Biography

Fox was born in Scarsdale, Victoria on 3 October 1876.

By 1903, he had moved to Fremantle and was working as a dockworker. He became Secretary of the Waterside Workers Union prior to his election as the Australian Labor Party candidate for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, representing South Fremantle in 1935.^[3] Fox retained this post until his death in 1951.

Fox was survived by his wife Marion Fox, two daughters and a son.

Notes

1. "Family Notices.". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 21 April 1951. p. 27. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
3. "THE TWO BY-ELECTIONS.". Westralian Worker (Perth, WA: 1900–1951) (Perth: National Library of Australia). 10 May 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

External links

• Tom Fox's statistics from AFL Tables
• Tom Fox's profile at Blueseum