Follett Thomas, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Follett Thomas

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1863

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1942

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Follett Thomas

  • Follett Johns Thomas (21 October 1863 – 3 January 1942) was an Australian politician. He was born at Majors Creek, near Araluen in New South Wales, to Richard Uren Thomas and Mary Ann Johns.
  • The family moved to Inverell around 1871 and Thomas attended the public school there before apprenticing to a chemist in Glen Innes.
  • He qualified as a chemist, and also served as an alderman at Glen Innes from 1884 to 1903, as mayor in 1895, 1896, 1902 and 1903.
  • On 30 June 1888 he married Louise Dibley Dawson, with whom he had four children.
  • In 1903 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Glen Innes, moving to Gough in 1904.
  • He held the seat until the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, when he was defeated running for Northern Tableland as a Progressive.
  • Thomas died in North Sydney in 1942.

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