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Thomas Ashworth

Thomas Ashworth

Australian politician

Thomas Ramsden Ashworth (5 December 1864 – 23 August 1935) was an Australian politician.

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Born in Richmond to medical practitioner Thomas Ramsden Ashworth and Mary Jane Leeson, his family moved to Bombala in New South Wales when he was a child but returned to Melbourne after his father's death in 1876. He spent four years at sea before taking various jobs as a carpenter, builder, architect and estate agent. In 1888 he married Emily Ashweek; later, in 1894, he married Marguerite Adele Young. He was President of the Victorian Free Trade Association from 1898 to 1902 and a South Melbourne City Councillor from 1895 to 1898. From 1902 to 1904 he was the member for Ovens in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Ashworth died in 1935 in Fitzroy.[2][1]

References

  1. [1]
    Nicholls, P.L. (1979). "Thomas Ramsden Ashworth (1864–1935)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 7. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Ashworth, Thomas Ramsden". Parliament of Victoria. 1985. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
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