Thomas Price (1840–1906) was a politician in Queensland,

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. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Price was the member for the

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from November 1878 to September 1883.

Personal life

He was born in 1840 in Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England to Thomas Price and Elizabeth (née Banter). He died on 4 April 1906 in

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, Brisbane, Queensland. He married Elizabeth Grice (died 1933)Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 13 March 2016. on 27 December 1870, and had 4 sons and 3 daughters. Price was a builder and contractor who acquired a Tiaro grazing property in 1890. According to an article in the

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he was fined 40 shillings for drunkenness and disturbing the services of the salvation army.

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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1840 births 1906 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub