Thomas Nimmo (27 July 1879 – 6 February 1943) was a member of the

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Biography

Nimmo was born at

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, Queensland, the son of Andrew Nimmo and his wife Agnes (née Reilly). He was educated at the Ipswich State School and on leaving he worked as a shop assistant at Cribb and Foote in Ipswich before taking up business interests including as a director of the Queensland Woolen Mills and the Queensland Deposit Bank, and owning his own retail drapery business at North Ipswich. On 25 November 1903 he married Margaret Wright (died 1958)Family history research
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and together had one son and three daughters. Thomas Nimmo died on 6 February 1943 and was cremated at

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Public life

Nimmo, a member of the CPNP, won the seat of

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in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1929. He held it until he died in 1943.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nimmo, Thomas Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1879 births 1943 deaths United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Queensland