Bon Thomas

Herbert Arthur "Bon" Thomas (21 November 1911 2 November 1995) was an Australian politician.

He was born a farmer's son at Walla Walla, and was a farm worker while young. In 1945 he settled at Deer Park, where he ran a milk bar before becoming a taxi proprietor from 1951. He was active in the peace movement, attending the World Peace Conference in Stockholm and an anti-H bomb conference at Tokyo in 1958. From 1960 to 1976 he was a Sunshine City Councillor, serving as mayor from 1967 to 1968 and from 1969 to 1970. In 1970 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West as a Labor member. He served until his retirement in 1982, and died in 1995.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Thomas, Herbert Arthur". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
Victorian Legislative Council
Preceded by
Bunna Walsh
Member for Melbourne West
19701982
Served alongside: Alexander Knight; Joan Coxsedge
Succeeded by
Joan Kirner
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