Thomas Price (Queensland politician)

Thomas Price
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wide Bay
In office 23 Nov 1878 – 7 Sep 1883 Serving with William Bailey
Preceded by	Henry King
Succeeded by	Matthew Mellor
Personal details
Born	Thomas Price 1840 Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England
Died	4 April 1906 (aged 65 or 66) Albion, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	English Australian
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Grice (m.1870 d.1933)
Occupation	Builder

Thomas Price (1840–1906) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Price was the member for the Electoral District of Wide Bay from November 1878 to September 1883.

He was born in 1840 in Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England to Thomas Price and Elizabeth (née Banter). He died on 4 April 1906 in Albion, Brisbane, Queensland. He married Elizabeth Grice (died 1933) on 27 December 1870, and had 4 sons and 3 daughters.

Price was a builder and contractor who acquired a Tiaro grazing property in 1890

According to an article in the Melbourne Age he was fined 40 shillings for drunkenness and disturbing the services of the salvation army.

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