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Australian politician

Thomas Chataway
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 January 1907 – 30 June 1913
Personal details
Born(1864-04-06)6 April 1864
Wartling, Sussex, England
Died5 March 1925(1925-03-05) (aged 60)
Toorak, Victoria, Australia
NationalityEnglish Australian
Political partyAnti-Socialist (1907–09)
Liberal (1909–13)
RelativesJames Vincent Chataway (brother), Gertrude Chataway (sister)
OccupationGrazier

Thomas Drinkwater Chataway (6 April 1864 – 5 March 1925) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Wartling, Sussex, he was educated at Charterhouse School before migrating to Australia in 1881, where he became a grazier and sugar mill-owner in New South Wales and then Queensland. He was a leader among Queensland cane growers, sitting on Mackay Council and serving as mayor in 1904. In 1906 he was elected to the Australian Senate as an Anti-Socialist Senator for Queensland. He joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party when it formed in 1909. Chataway was defeated in 1913, after which he became a journalist in Melbourne.

He died on 5 March 1925(1925-03-05) (aged 60) at his home in Toorak, Victoria.

References

  1. ^ Harrison, Jennifer. "CHATAWAY, Thomas Drinkwater (1864–1925)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. "Thomas Drinkwater Chataway". Historic Interments. Brighton Cemetery. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 16 November 2008.


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