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Mr Thomas (2) BROWN (1861 - 1935)
- Date of Birth: 06/10/1861
- Place of Birth: Walla Walla, near Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
- Date of Death: 23/03/1935
- Place of Death: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Parliament | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 17 Jul 1894 | 21 Feb 1917 | 22yr(s) 7mth(s) 5day(s) | | |
| Member for Condobolin | 17 Jul 1894 | 5 Jul 1895 | 11mth(s) 19day(s) | 16th (1894 - 1895) |  |
| Member for Condobolin | 24 Jul 1895 | 8 Jul 1898 | 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s) | 17th (1895 - 1898) | |
| Member for Condobolin | 27 Jul 1898 | 11 Jun 1901 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s) | 18th (1898 - 1901) | |
| Member for Lachlan | 6 Dec 1913 | 21 Feb 1917 | 3yr(s) 2mth(s) 16day(s) | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| Crown Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association Bill Committee No.14 | 6 Nov 1895 | 28 Nov 1895 | 23days | 17th (1895 - 1898) | |
| Annual Leases of Owen McCosker, Cope’s Creek Committee No.16 | 14 Jul 1896 | 29 Oct 1896 | 3mths 16days | 17th (1895 - 1898) | |
| Case of Sydney Cooper as to Mining under a Road, parish of Clive, county of Gough Committee No. 17 | 27 Oct 1898 | 23 Dec 1898 | 1mth 27days | 18th (1898 - 1901) | |
| Accident to Albert Burbank on Railway Premises, Tamworth Committee No. 11 | 3 Jul 1900 | 25 Oct 1900 | 3mths 23days | 18th (1898 - 1901) | |
| Case of William Reid Committee No.18 | 28 Aug 1900 | 20 Nov 1900 | 2mths 24days | 18th (1898 - 1901) | |
| Dubbo, Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Association Bill Committee No.20 | 4 Sep 1900 | 12 Sep 1900 | 9days | 18th (1898 - 1901) | |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | 21 Jul 1908 | 21 Jul 1908 | 1day | 21st (1907 - 1910) | |
| Great Northern Coal Company’s Railway Bill Committee No.7 | 8 Sep 1908 | 30 Sep 1908 | 23days | 21st (1907 - 1910) | |
| Claims of Andrew Rodgers against the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners Committee No.8 | 29 Sep 1908 | 18 Dec 1908 | 2mths 20days | 21st (1907 - 1910) | |
| Claim by Mr J.S Gam – Rejection of sleepers by Central South African Government Committee No.9 | 30 Sep 1909 | 9 Dec 1909 | 2mths 10days | 21st (1907 - 1910) | |
| Claims of Mr Gustave William Engel Committee No.13 | 10 Oct 1911 | 18 Oct 1911 | 9days | 22nd (1910 - 1913) | |
| Printing Committee No. 6 | 11 Mar 1914 | 18 Apr 1914 | 1mth 8days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| The Governor's Opening Speech Committee No. 1 | 7 Jul 1914 | 23 Feb 1915 | 7mths 17days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| Printing Committee No. 6 | 22 Jul 1914 | 23 Feb 1915 | 7mths 2days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| Printing Committee No. 5 | 2 Jul 1915 | 13 Apr 1916 | 9mths 12days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| Prevalence of Venereal Diseases Committee No. 8 | 7 Jul 1915 | 13 Apr 1916 | 9mths 7days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| Chairman of the Royal Commission into Rural, Pastoral and Dairying interests 1916 to 1917 | | | | | |
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Political Party Activity
Freetrade (1894). Then Australian Labor Party (ALP). He won the 1904 election as 'non-solidarity Labor'. He joined Labor 'solidarities' in 1895. He was delegate to the interstate conference on the formation of a Federal Labor Party in January 1900. He was on the Party's central executive in 1907 and remained with Labor after the Party split over conscription.
Community Activity
Foundation member of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in 1893; Presbyterian lay preacher; elder at the Forbes Presybterian church and later of the Chalmers Street church in Redfern, Sydney; was prominent in the General Assembly Presbyterian Church. Councillor for Scots College; member of the Council for Civil and Moral Advancement and a temperance advocate; member of the Australian delegation at George V's coronation in 1911; foundation secretary of the of the Australian branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association and joined the Universal Service League in 1915. Served in the Commonwealth Parliament as a member of the House of Representatives for Canoblas 1901 until 1906 and for Calare from 1906 until 1913. Chairman of the Royal Commission into rural, pastoral, agricultural and dairying interests from 1916 until 1917.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Farmer. Educated to primary level; family was amongst the first settlers in Forbes district, owned Clusta farm; executive member of Farmers and Settlers Association in 1893; first secretary of the Australian Parliamentary Empire Association in 1893; member of parliamentary party to the coronation of King Edward V11 in 1911; councillor of Scots College; joined Universal Service League in 1915; temperance; lay preacher and elder Presbyterian church of Forbes and later at Chalmers Street in Redfern. Freetrader; initially refused a pledge, joined Labor by 1895, delegate to federal conference in 1900, New South Wales central executive in 1907. Cousin of Thomas Mitchell Shakespeare.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Conobolas 1901 from 1906; and for Calare 1906 from 1913.
Personal
Eldest son of Mitchell Brown, farmer, and Isabella Abernethy. Married his cousin Louisa Jane Brown on 15 December 1897 and had issue, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Funeral at Rookwood crematorium. Presbyterian.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume seven;
Biographical Register of the New South Wales Parliament 1901-1970;
Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales 1865 - 1901.
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