Thomas Price (Queensland politician)

Thomas Price
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wide Bay
In office 23 Nov 1878 – 7 Sep 1883 Serving with William Bailey
Preceded by	Henry King
Succeeded by	Matthew Mellor
Personal details
Born	Thomas Price 1840 Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England
Died	4 April 1906 (aged 65 or 66) Albion, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	English Australian
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Grice (m.1870 d.1933)
Occupation	Builder
Religion	Baptist

Thomas Price (1840–1906) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.^[1] Price was the member for the Electoral District of Wide Bay from November 1878 to September 1883.

Personal life

He was born in 1840 in Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England to Thomas Price and Elizabeth (née Banter). He died on 4 April 1906 in Albion, Brisbane, Queensland. He married Elizabeth Grice (died 1933)^[2] on 27 December 1870, and had 4 sons and 3 daughters.

Price was a builder and contractor who acquired a Tiaro grazing property in 1890

According to an article in the Melbourne Age he was fined 40 shillings for drunkenness and disturbing the services of the salvation army.^[3]

References

1. "Part 2.19 - Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860-2012 and the Legislative Council 1860-1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2015: The 54th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
2. Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
3. "Queensland". The Age. 19 September 1882. p. 3. Retrieved 9 February 2016.