Thomas Dibley (1829 - 31 May 1912) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Thomas Dibley | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Woolloongabba | |
| In office 28 March 1896 – 18 May 1907 | |
| Preceded by | William Stephens |
| Succeeded by | George Blocksidge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Dibley 1829 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 31 May 1912 (aged 82-83) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Balmoral Cemetery |
| Political party | Kidstonites |
| Other political affiliations | Labour |
| Spouse | Matilda Marie Gates (m.1867 d.1913) |
| Occupation | Butcher |
Biography
editDibley was born at Mudgee, New South Wales, the son of the Ebenezer Dibley and his wife Mary (née Monckton). He was an apprentice in a Sydney tobacco factory and in 1865 moved to Queensland and leased J.M. Thompson's Cothill Estate in Ipswich. He then became a butcher and timber-getter in Noosa and the Wide-Bay regions and he then moved to Brisbane in 1893 where he worked as a butcher at Woolloongabba.[1]
On 30 September 1867 Dibley married Matilda Marie Gates[1] (died 1913)[2] at Ipswich and together had four sons and four daughters.[1] He died in May 1912[1] and was buried in the Balmoral Cemetery.[3]
Public life
editDibley was an alderman on the South Brisbane Municipal Council before winning the seat of Woolloongabba for Labour at the 1896 Queensland colonial election.[4] He held the seat until 1907, when Dibley, by then a member of the Kidstonites, lost his seat to the Opposition Party's George Blocksidge.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Deceased Search — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "GENERAL ELECTION". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LII, no. 11, 921. Queensland, Australia. 30 March 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 27 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WOOLLOONGABBA". Morning Bulletin. No. 13, 278. Queensland, Australia. 20 May 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 27 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.