Thomas Nimmo

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Thomas Nimmo
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Oxley
In office
11 May 1929 – 6 Feb 1943
Preceded by Cecil Elphinstone
Succeeded by Tom Kerr
Personal details
Born Thomas Nimmo
(1879-07-27)27 July 1879
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
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Corinda, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party UAP
Other political
affiliations
CPNP
Spouse(s) Margaret Wright (m.1903 d.1958)
Occupation Businessman
Religion Presbyterian

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

Biography

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

Public life

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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  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
Tom Kerr