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 |
| Died | 31 May 1912 (aged 82-83) |
| Resting place | Balmoral Cemetery |
| Party | Kidstonites |
| Other political affiliations | Labour |
| Spouse | Matilda Marie Gates (m.1867 d.1913) |
| Occupation | Butcher |
Thomas Dibley (1829 - 31 May 1912) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. [1]
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]
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]