Thomas Jones | |
---|---|
Thomas Llewellyn Jones, 1941 | |
Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Oxley | |
In office 22 May 1915 – 16 March 1918 | |
Preceded by | Digby Denham |
Succeeded by | Cecil Elphinstone |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 18 August 1919 – 23 March 1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Llewellyn Jones 8 March 1872 Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Died | 18 June 1946 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | (aged 74)
Nationality | Welsh Australian |
Political party | Labor |
Spouse(s) | Amy Alice Lane (m. 1901 d. 1936), Gwendolen Gee (m. 1937 d. 1982) |
Occupation | Company director |
Thomas Llewellyn Jones ( 8 March 1872 – 18 June 1946) was a company director and member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia [1]
Jones was born at Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, Wales, to John Jones his wife Elizabeth (née Llewellyn). He moved to Queensland at a young age and attended Brisbane Normal and Brisbane Grammar schools. [1]
Jones, representing the Labor, won the state seat of Oxley at the 1915 Queensland state election, defeating the then premier of Queensland, Digby Denham. [2] He held the seat for one term before losing to Cecil Elphinstone in 1918. [3]
When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed referendum in May 1917, [4] The premier, Ryan, tried a new tactic, and later that year advised the governor, Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, to appoint 13 new members whose allegiance lay with Labour to the council. [5]
In August 1919, Jones was one of three additional new members, and sat for two and a half years until the council was abolished in March 1922. [1]
Jones was twice married, first to Amy Alice Lane in 1901 and together they had a son and daughter. Amy died in 1936, [6] and a year later he married Gwendolen Gee [7] (died 1982). [6]
He was the chairman director of the provision merchants and commercial agents Foggitt, Jones & Co., a trustee of the Brisbane Grammar School, a senate member of the Queensland University, chairman of the Brisbane Hospital Board and commodore of the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. [1]
Jones died in Brisbane in June 1946 [1] and was cremated at Mount Thompson crematorium. [8]
Thomas Jones | |
---|---|
Thomas Llewellyn Jones, 1941 | |
Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Oxley | |
In office 22 May 1915 – 16 March 1918 | |
Preceded by | Digby Denham |
Succeeded by | Cecil Elphinstone |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
In office 18 August 1919 – 23 March 1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Llewellyn Jones 8 March 1872 Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Died | 18 June 1946 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | (aged 74)
Nationality | Welsh Australian |
Political party | Labor |
Spouse(s) | Amy Alice Lane (m. 1901 d. 1936), Gwendolen Gee (m. 1937 d. 1982) |
Occupation | Company director |
Thomas Llewellyn Jones ( 8 March 1872 – 18 June 1946) was a company director and member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia [1]
Jones was born at Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, Wales, to John Jones his wife Elizabeth (née Llewellyn). He moved to Queensland at a young age and attended Brisbane Normal and Brisbane Grammar schools. [1]
Jones, representing the Labor, won the state seat of Oxley at the 1915 Queensland state election, defeating the then premier of Queensland, Digby Denham. [2] He held the seat for one term before losing to Cecil Elphinstone in 1918. [3]
When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed referendum in May 1917, [4] The premier, Ryan, tried a new tactic, and later that year advised the governor, Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, to appoint 13 new members whose allegiance lay with Labour to the council. [5]
In August 1919, Jones was one of three additional new members, and sat for two and a half years until the council was abolished in March 1922. [1]
Jones was twice married, first to Amy Alice Lane in 1901 and together they had a son and daughter. Amy died in 1936, [6] and a year later he married Gwendolen Gee [7] (died 1982). [6]
He was the chairman director of the provision merchants and commercial agents Foggitt, Jones & Co., a trustee of the Brisbane Grammar School, a senate member of the Queensland University, chairman of the Brisbane Hospital Board and commodore of the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. [1]
Jones died in Brisbane in June 1946 [1] and was cremated at Mount Thompson crematorium. [8]