Thomas Henry Payne (14 May 1862 – 29 November 1932) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to pioneer builder Thomas Budds Payne and Rosalie Mary Hemphill. He attended

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and inherited his father's considerable wealth. Around 1894 he married Georgiana Dale Crooke, with whom he had two daughters. He owned land at Kilmore, where he bred cattle and sheep, but was based in Toorak. In 1901 he was elected to the

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for

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, moving to

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in 1904. A Liberal and then a

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, he was a minister without portfolio from 1908 to 1909. Payne retired in 1928 and died in Toorak in 1932.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, Thomas 1862 births 1932 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council People educated at Geelong Grammar School Australian people of Irish descent