Thomas Martin Crowley (15 November 1901 – 18 October 1965) was a member of the

Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly h ...

Biography

Crowley was born at Innisfail, Queensland, the son of James Crowley and his wife Margaret (née Fitzgerald). He was educated at the Good Samaritan Convent in Innisfail and after leaving school was a wholesaler of wines, spirits and groceries in Cairns and a sugar cane and tobacco farmer at Mossman. On 30 June 1926 he married Kathleen Agnes Pease (died 1952)Kathleen E Crowley
– Find a Grave Retrieved 13 May 2016. and together had two sons and four daughters. He died in Sydney in October 1965 and was buried in the Macquarie Park Cemetery.Thomas Martin Crowley
– Find a Grave Retrieved 13 May 2016.

Public career

Crowley was an alderman on the

Cairns City Council The City of Cairns was a local government area centred on the Far North Queensland city of Cairns. Established in 1885, for most of its existence it consisted of approximately around Cairns itself, with much of the metropolitan area being l ...

from 1938 to 1947 and then beat the sitting member for Cairns, Lou Barnes, at the 1947 state election. He held the seat for nine years, retiring in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crowley, Thomas Martin Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1901 births 1965 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians