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Tom Gilmore, Jr

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Preceded by
  
New seat

Name
  
Tom Jr.

Political party
  
National Party

Nationality
  
Australian

Succeeded by
  
Shaun Nelson


Full Name
  
Thomas John George Gilmore

Born
  
8 May 1946 (age 77) Mareeba, Queensland, Australia (
1946-05-08
)

Relations
  
Tom Gilmore Sr. (father)

Thomas John George "Tom" Gilmore (born 8 May 1946) is an Australian politician.

Gilmore was born in Mareeba; his father, Tom Gilmore, Sr., had been a federal and state Country Party politician. The younger Gilmore served on Mareeba Shire Council from 1982 to 1987. In 1986 he was elected as the National Party member for Tablelands in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 1992 he moved to the front bench as Shadow Minister for Minerals and Energy, a portfolio he held until the Coalition took government in 1996, whereupon he became the Minister. He was defeated in 1998 by One Nation candidate, Shaun Nelson.

References

Tom Gilmore, Jr. Wikipedia