Preceded by John White Nationality English Australian Party Australian Labor Party | Succeeded by Henry Cattermull Political party ALP | |
Full Name Thomas Gummersal Armfield Resting place Northern Suburbs Cemetery Spouse(s) Margaret Theresa Campbell (m.1877 d.1929) Died 21 April 1931, Kogarah, Sydney, Australia | ||
Thomas Gummersal Armfield (1851 - 21 April 1931) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Early life
Armfield was born at Suffolk, England, the son of George Armfield and his wife Rachel Louie (née White). He was a Coachsmith by trade.
In 1877 he married Margaret Theresa Campbell (died 1929) at Albury, New South Wales with the marriage producing one son and two daughters. Armfield died at Kogarah in of April 1931 and his funeral proceeded from his daughter's residence and Sydney to the Northern Suburbs Cemetery.
Public life
Armfield, representing the Labor Party, won the seat of Musgrave in the Queensland Assembly at the 1915 Queensland state election. He held the seat until the 1920 Queensland state election where he was defeated by the Country Party's Henry Cattermull.
In 1879 Armfield established the Coachmakers' Union and was president of the Workers' Political Organisation in Bundaberg.