Preceded by Cecil Elphinstone Nationality Australian Other political
affiliations CPNP Party United Australia Party Books POEMS | Full Name Thomas Nimmo Political party UAP Occupation Businessman Succeeded by Thomas Caldwell Kerr | |
Born 27 July 1879
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia ( 1879-07-27 ) Spouse(s) Margaret Wright (m.1903 d.1958) Died 6 February 1943, Corinda, Brisbane, Australia | ||
Thomas Nimmo (27 July 1879 - 6 February 1943) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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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 (died 1958) in Brisbane and together had one son and three daughters. Thomas Nimmo died on the 6th February 1943 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.