Members’ biographical register

Thomas Marshall

House

MLC

Party

Date first elected

16 July 1894

Year Retired/Resigned

1959

Electorate(s)

West

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLC West Province, 16 July 1894–11 July 1895
Seat declared vacant owing to bankruptcy

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

28 December 1909

Cause of death

Place of death

Day Dawn Hotel, Western Australia

Cemetery

Cue Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

Arrived WA by ship 1886 and 1887

Occupation

Baker, publican and manufacturer

Employment History

Clerk, South Australia, 1883–1884 and in 1886
Store assistant, 1884
Baker, Fremantle until 1891 Merchant, Fremantle, 1892
Publican, Fremantle by 1894
Secretary, Lumpers’ Association
Secretary, Liberal Association
After bankruptcy, publican Excelsior Hotel, Cue
Cordial manufacturer, 1895–1907
Built and managed Excelsior Brewery, Cue
Licensee, Great Fingall Hotel, Day Dawn, 1908
Manager, Day Dawn Hotel, 1908–1909

Local Government

Member, Fremantle Council, 1888–1891 and 1893–1894 Member, Cue Municipal Council, 1906–1909

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

May have been named Henry James at birth. See WA Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Convicted of larceny of part of an aerated water machine, May 1898 and sentenced to 12 months gaol in Geraldton
Member, Cue–Day Dawn Water Board
Patron, local cycling club
Member, committee Fremantle Rowing Club and official Fremantle Football Club.
In 1891 involved in riot at Fremantle ground, fined and jailed for 24 hours, welcomed by band on release

References

Black, David. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 136.
Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Accessed 17 February 2015.
http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/loadpdf2.aspx?type=Birth&Surname=MARSHALL&GivenNames=HENRY JAMES&Father=EDWARD&Mother=TULK LOUISA&BirthPlace=TOODYAY&RegistrationYear=1862&RegistrationNumber=6861&RegistrationDistrict=&Gender=&random=2

Bibliography

Further Information

G. C. Bolton, 'Marshall, Thomas Henry (Harry) (1862–1909)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/marshall-thomas-henry-harry-13079/text23659, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 23 December 2015.
Geraldton Express, 27 May 1898.
Research Notes, (Battye Library)
Stoddart, B. "Sport and society." in Ed. CT Stannage. A New History of Western Australia.
The Western Australia post office directory, (1895–1910)