Thomas Llewellyn Jones

The Hon
Thomas Jones
Thomas Llewellyn Jones, 1941
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Oxley
In office
22 May 1915 – 16 March 1918
Preceded byDigby Denham
Succeeded byCecil Elphinstone
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
18 August 1919 – 23 March 1922
Personal details
Born
Thomas Llewellyn Jones

(1872-03-08)8 March 1872
Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Died18 June 1946(1946-06-18) (aged 74)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NationalityWelsh Australian
Political partyLabor
Spouse(s)Amy Alice Lane (m. 1901 d. 1936), Gwendolen Gee (m. 1937 d. 1982)
OccupationCompany director

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ^ "SUMMARY OF THE VOTING". The Brisbane Courier. 24 May 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 11 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "THE VOTING". The Queensland Times. Ipswich, Queensland. 18 March 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 11 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "TWO HOUSES, NOT ONE". The Brisbane Courier. 7 May 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 11 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Goold-Adams, Sir Hamilton John (1858–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b Family history research – Queensland Government Births, deaths, marriages, divorces. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Family Notices". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 11 October 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 11 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Family Notices". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 19 June 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 11 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Oxley
1915–1918 		Succeeded by