Herbert Arthur "Bon" Thomas (21 November 1911 – 2 November 1995) was an Australian politician.
He was born the son of a farmer's in
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, and was a farm worker while young. In 1945 he settled at
Deer Park, where he ran a milk bar before becoming a taxi proprietor from 1951. He was active in the peace movement, attending the World Peace Conference in
Stockholm
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and an anti-H bomb conference at
Tokyo
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in 1958. From 1960 to 1976 he was a
Sunshine City Councillor, serving as mayor from 1967 to 1968 and from 1969 to 1970. In 1970 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Council for
Melbourne West as a
Labor member. He served until his retirement in 1982, and died in 1995.
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1911 births
1995 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Victoria (Australia) local councillors
20th-century Australian politicians