Thomas Gipps Ahearn (born 6 August 1929) was a member of the

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Biography

Ahearn was born at

Nanango Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people. Geography Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junc ...

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, the son of Leslie Norman Ahearn and his wife Hilda Christina (née Hansen). He was educated at the

Toowoomba Anglican College and Preparatory School , motto_translation = , location = Toowoomba, Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Queensland , pushpin_image = , pushpin_maps ...

, the Slade School, Warwick, and

Toowoomba Grammar School , motto_translation = Faithful in All Things , city = Toowoomba , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Independent, day & boarding , denomination = Non-denominational , established = ...

before going on to the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

. He was the senior chemistry master at

The Southport School , motto_translation = Let him who deserves the palm of victory bear it. , established = , type = Independent early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school , denomination = Anglican , headmaster = Andrew Hawkins , ...

in 1949-1950 and in 1957 established the company TH Ahearn and Co which he ran until 1997. On 28 June 1952 he married Sonia Rochelle Davies (died 2016)Search for Notices - Name Search
— The Ryerson Index. Retrieved 13 June 2016. and together had a son and two daughters.

Public career

Ahearn won the seat of Sandgate for the

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at the

1957 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the ...

, defeating Harry Dean of the Labor Party and the sitting member, Herbert Robinson of the

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. Ahearn held the seat for one term, losing to Harry Dean in 1960.Dean, Harold (Harry)
—

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. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

References

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