Albert Ernest Thomas (10 March 1872 – 25 May 1923) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1901 to 1905, representing the seat of Dundas.
Albert Thomas | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
| In office 24 April 1901 – 13 November 1905 | |
| Preceded by | John Conolly |
| Succeeded by | Charles Hudson |
| Constituency | Dundas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1872 Camborne, Cornwall, England |
| Died | 25 May 1923 (aged 51) Cornwall, England |
Thomas was born in Camborne, Cornwall, England, to Charlotte Augusta (née Dunstan) and Joseph Thomas. He attended the Camborne School of Mines, and afterward worked as a mining engineer in Cornwall, Wales, and South Africa. Thomas came to Western Australia in 1896, and subsequently managed mines in Norseman and Coolgardie.[1] He entered parliament at the 1901 state election, winning the seat of Dundas, and was re-elected at the 1904 election. At the early 1905 election, however, he was defeated by a Labor candidate, Charles Hudson. Thomas recontested Dundas at the 1908 election, but again lost to Hudson.[2] He returned to Cornwall in 1910, and died there in 1923, aged 51.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Albert Ernest Thomas – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.