Thomas Storey (1871 – 5 January 1953) was an Australian politician. He was the younger brother of New South Wales premier John Storey, and father of Liberal Politician Sydney Storey.
He was born in
Balmain to shipbuilder William John Storey and Elizabeth Graham. He was a fitter and was active in the
Amalgamated Engineering Union
The Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) was a major United Kingdom, British trade union. It merged with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union to form the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in 1992.
History
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. He was a member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council
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from 1921 to 1934; he was a
Labor
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the la ...
member, but sat as Federal Labor in the 1930s in opposition to
Jack Lang. Storey died in Balmain in 1953.
References
1871 births
1953 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
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