Thomas Price (South Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Price (South Australian politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1852

Place of Birth: Brymbo, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 31-May-1909

Profession: politician, stonemason

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Thomas Price (19 January 1852 – 31 May 1909), frequently referred to as Tom Price, served as the South Australian United Labor Party's first Premier of South Australia.
He formed a minority government at the 1905 election and was re-elected with increased representation at the 1906 double dissolution election serving until his death in 1909.
It was the world's first stable Labor government.
So successful, John Verran led Labor to form the state's first of many majority governments at the 1910 election. Achievements of the government included free state secondary schools, the formation of wages boards and a minimum wage, establishing the Municipal Tramways Trust through nationalisation, the costly administration of the Northern Territory was surrendered to the Federal government, and reform (though limited) of the upper house.
The government also returned to successive budget surpluses and reduced the accumulated public debt.