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Thomas Sinclair Holden (6 January 1906 – 23 December 1973) was an Australian politician and judge. He was born in Redfern to
Thomas Douglas Percy Holden Thomas Douglas Percy Holden (1 January 1859 – 31 December 1938) was an Australian politician who served as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1912 to 1934 and also as an Alderman and Mayor of the Municipality of Redfe ...
, also a politician. He attended
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and in 1928 received a
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from the University of Sydney. He married Rose Scott Winden, with whom he had three children. From 1928 he practised as a solicitor, and was called to the bar in 1938. He specialised in workers' compensation. From 1934 to 1945 he was a member of the
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, representing the United Australia Party and then, briefly, the Liberal Party. He resigned in 1945 to take up a judgeship on the District Court, where he remained until 1965. Holden died at Strathfield in 1973.


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1906 births 1973 deaths United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians Judges of the District Court of NSW 20th-century Australian judges {{Australia-law-bio-stub