Thomas Gummersal Armfield (1851 – 21 April 1931) was a member of the

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Early life

Armfield was born at

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, England, the son of George Armfield and his wife Rachel Louie (née White). He was a Coachsmith by trade. In 1877 he married Margaret Theresa Campbell (died 1929)Births, Deaths and Marriages search
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with the marriage producing one son and two daughters. Armfield died at Kogarah in of April 1931 and his funeral proceeded from his daughter's residence in Sydney to the Northern Suburbs Cemetery.

Public life

Armfield did not make an auspicious start to his campaign for election, receiving just 13 votes in the

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as an independent candidate for

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. In 1904 he stood as a Progressive candidate, receiving 134 votes (4.5%). Armfield, representing the Labor Party, won the seat of Musgrave in the Queensland Assembly at the

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. He held the seat until the

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where he was defeated by the Country Party's Henry Cattermull. In 1879 Armfield established the Coachmakers' Union and was president of the Workers' Political Organisation in Bundaberg.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Armfield, Thomas Gummersal Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1851 births 1931 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland British emigrants to colonial Australia