Thomas Dibley

Thomas Dibley
Thomas Dibley
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly; for Woolloongabba
	In office; 28 March 1896 – 18 May 1907
Preceded by	William Stephens
Succeeded by	George Blocksidge
Personal details
Born	Thomas Dibley; 1829; Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 May 1912 (aged 82-83); Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Balmoral Cemetery
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Kidstonites
Other political; affiliations	Labour
Spouse(s)	Matilda Marie Gates (m.1867 d.1913)
Occupation	Butcher

Thomas Dibley (1829 - 31 May 1912) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Dibley was born at Mudgee, New South Wales, the son of the Ebenezer Dibley and his wife Mary (née Monckton). He was an apprentice in a Sydney tobacco factory and in 1865 moved to Queensland and leased J.M. Thompson's Cothill Estate in Ipswich. He then became a butcher and timber-getter in Noosa and the Wide-Bay regions and he then moved to Brisbane in 1893 where he worked as a butcher at Woolloongabba.[1]

On 30 September 1867 Dibley married Matilda Marie Gates[1] (died 1913)[2] at Ipswich and together had four sons and four daughters.[1] He died in May 1912[1] and was buried in the Balmoral Cemetery.[3]

Public life

Dibley was an alderman on the South Brisbane Municipal Council before winning the seat of Woolloongabba for Labour at the 1896 Queensland colonial election.[4] He held the seat until 1907, when Dibley, by then a member of the Kidstonites, lost his seat to the Opposition Party's George Blocksidge.[5]

References

"Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
Deceased Search — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
"GENERAL ELECTION". The Brisbane Courier. LII (11, 921). Queensland, Australia. 30 March 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 27 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"WOOLLOONGABBA". Morning Bulletin (13, 278). Queensland, Australia. 20 May 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 27 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Preceded by William Stephens	Member for Woolloongabba 1896–1907	Succeeded by George Blocksidge

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[qp-1] "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[bdm-2] Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[bcc-3] Deceased Search — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[1896election-4] "GENERAL ELECTION". The Brisbane Courier. LII (11, 921). Queensland, Australia. 30 March 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 27 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[1907election-5] "WOOLLOONGABBA". Morning Bulletin (13, 278). Queensland, Australia. 20 May 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 27 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.