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Thomas Nimmo

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Thomas Nimmo
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Oxley
In office
11 May 1929 – 6 February 1943
Preceded byCecil Elphinstone
Succeeded byTom Kerr
Personal details
Born
Thomas Nimmo

(1879-07-27)27 July 1879
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Died6 February 1943(1943-02-06) (aged 63)
Corinda, Queensland, Australia
Political partyUAP
Other political
affiliations
CPNP
SpouseMargaret Wright (m.1903 d.1958)
OccupationBusinessman

Thomas Nimmo (27 July 1879 – 6 February 1943) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

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Nimmo was born at Ipswich, Queensland, the son of Andrew Nimmo and his wife Agnes (née Reilly). He was educated at the Ipswich State School and on leaving he worked as a shop assistant at Cribb and Foote in Ipswich before taking up business interests including as a director of the Queensland Woolen Mills and the Queensland Deposit Bank, and owning his own retail drapery business at North Ipswich.

On 25 November 1903 he married Margaret Wright[1] (died 1958)[2] in Brisbane and together had one son and three daughters. Thomas Nimmo died on 6 February 1943[1] and was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium.

Public life

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Nimmo, a member of the CPNP, won the seat of Oxley in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1929. He held it until he died in 1943.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ^ Family history researchQueensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Oxley
1929–1943
Succeeded by