Sir Thomas William Meagher (26 March 190227 June 1979) was a medical practitioner who, starting in 1939, served as Lord Mayor of Perth, Western Australia. A native of

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, Thomas Meagher attended

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from 1911 to 1919,Australian Dictionary of Biography
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in 1920. He subsequently studied medicine at the

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, receiving his degree in 1925. On 8 March 1927 he married Marguerite Winifred Hough (died 1952) at the Chapel of Christian Brothers College. He was elected to represent Victoria Park Ward on the

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in 1937. In 1939, he was appointed Lord Mayor of Perth City Council. He was President of the

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of Western Australia from 1945 to 1947; in that role he helped set up RAC Insurance Pty Ltd and the National Safety Council of Western Australia. He was knighted in 1947 and, on 18 November 1953, married Doris Ita Walsh at CBC Chapel. He also served as president of the Kings Park Board from 1954 to 1979, chairman of the Trustees of the

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from 1959 to 1973, and president of the Western Australian division of the Australian Olympic Federation from 1947 to 1971. Thomas Meagher died in Perth, three months past his 77th birthday, and was buried in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meagher, Thomas 1902 births Mayors and Lord Mayors of Perth, Western Australia People educated at Christian Brothers' College, Perth 1979 deaths Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery University of Western Australia alumni University of Melbourne alumni 20th-century Australian medical doctors People from Menzies, Western Australia 20th-century Australian politicians