Mr Thomas William DALTON (1904 - 1981)

Date of Birth: 01/01/1904
Place of Birth: Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 16/08/1981
Place of Death: Miranda, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	14 Feb 1953	23 Jan 1968	14yr(s) 11mth(s) 10day(s)
Member for Sutherland	14 Feb 1953	6 Feb 1956	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 24day(s)	37th (1953 - 1956)
Member for Sutherland	21 Mar 1959	5 Feb 1962	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s)	39th (1950 - 1953)
Member for Sutherland	3 Mar 1962	31 Mar 1965	3yr(s) 29day(s)	40th (1962 - 1965)
Member for Sutherland	1 May 1965	23 Jan 1968	2yr(s) 8mth(s) 23day(s)	41st (1965 - 1968)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP)

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Railwayman. Educated in country schools, shed hand and shearer; joined construction section, Railway Department in 1922, timberman, powderman and ganger; organiser for City Construction and Permanent Way section of Australian Workers Union from 1935 until 1945, vice president of New South Wales branch in 1939; ganger from 1945 until 1953; operated a taxi truck after Parliamentary defeat; member of overseas trade delegation in 1963.

Personal

Son of George Henry Dalton, teamster, and Mary Grintell. Married Edna Fahey, compositor, on 21 February 1922 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Brother of Christopher Alfred Dalton (q.v).

Additional Information

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