Sir Thomas Stewart Gordon (26 April 1882 – 5 July 1949) was an Australian politician. He was born in Ardrossan in

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grazier William Gordon and Alice Wicks. He was a businessman who settled in

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in 1903, where he worked for Birt and Company. In 1909 he married Victoria Fisher, with whom he had three daughters. He spent three years in

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before becoming a shipping manager. He held a variety of other company positions and directorships, and as also a Mosman alderman from 1925 to 1928. From 1932 to 1934 he was a United Australia Party member of the

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. He was knighted in 1938. Gordon died at

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in 1949.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Thomas 1882 births 1949 deaths United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Australian Knights Bachelor 20th-century Australian politicians