Thomas James Swiney (1 January 187515 October 1945) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

for one term from 1920 until 1922. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP) . Swiney was born in

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and worked as a farmer. At the 1920 election, he was the first candidate on the ALP list and won the third and last position in the multi-member seat of

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. Swiney was defeated at the 1922 election by 223 votes. He later held positions with the

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. He did not hold ministerial or party office.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Swiney, Tom 1875 births 1945 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales