He was a hotelkeeper at Tanunda prior to his election to parliament.[2] He was defeated at the 1933 election,[1] and unsuccessfully attempted to regain his seat later that year in a July by-election for his old seat.[3]
thomas, edwards, australian, politician, thomas, tonkin, edwards, december, 1875, september, 1951, australian, politician, represented, south, australian, house, assembly, multi, member, seat, barossa, from, 1930, 1933, elected, member, labor, party, expelled,. Thomas Tonkin Edwards 5 December 1875 27 September 1951 was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi member seat of Barossa from 1930 to 1933 He was elected as a member of the Labor Party but was expelled from the party in the 1931 Labor split and sat with the splinter Parliamentary Labor Party for the remainder of his term 1 He was a hotelkeeper at Tanunda prior to his election to parliament 2 He was defeated at the 1933 election 1 and unsuccessfully attempted to regain his seat later that year in a July by election for his old seat 3 References edit a b Thomas Edwards Former members of the Parliament of South Australia Retrieved 20 August 2022 Men likely to lose seats The Mail 8 April 1933 p 2 Retrieved 23 September 2017 via Trove Barossa by election Bunyip 14 July 1933 p 9 Retrieved 7 October 2016 via Trove nbsp This article about an Australian Labor Party politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas Edwards Australian politician amp oldid 1106114089, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,