Thomas Llewellyn Jones ( 8 March 1872 – 18 June 1946) was a company director and member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia[1]
Thomas Jones | |
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 Thomas Llewellyn Jones, 1941 | |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Oxley | |
| In office 22 May 1915 – 16 March 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Digby Denham |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Elphinstone |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
| In office 18 August 1919 – 23 March 1922 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Llewellyn Jones 8 March 1872 Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
| Died | 18 June 1946 (aged 74) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Welsh Australian |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Alice Lane (m. 1901 d. 1936), Gwendolen Gee (m. 1937 d. 1982) |
| Occupation | Company director |
Early life
Jones was born at Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, Wales, to John Jones his wife Elizabeth (née Llewellyn). He moved to Queensland at a young age and attended Brisbane Normal and Brisbane Grammar schools.[1]
Political career
Jones, representing the Labor, won the state seat of Oxley at the 1915 Queensland state election, defeating the then premier of Queensland, Digby Denham.[2] He held the seat for one term before losing to Cecil Elphinstone in 1918.[3]
When the Labour Party starting forming governments in Queensland, it found much of its legislation being blocked by a hostile council, where members had been appointed for life by successive conservative governments. After a failed referendum in May 1917,[4] The premier, Ryan, tried a new tactic, and later that year advised the governor, Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, to appoint 13 new members whose allegiance lay with Labour to the council.[5]
In August 1919, Jones was one of three additional new members, and sat for two and a half years until the council was abolished in March 1922.[1]
Personal life
Jones was twice married, first to Amy Alice Lane in 1901 and together they had a son and daughter. Amy died in 1936,[6] and a year later he married Gwendolen Gee[7] (died 1982).[6]
He was the chairman director of the provision merchants and commercial agents Foggitt, Jones & Co., a trustee of the Brisbane Grammar School, a senate member of the Queensland University, chairman of the Brisbane Hospital Board and commodore of the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.[1]
Jones died in Brisbane in June 1946[1] and was cremated at Mount Thompson crematorium.[8]