Thomas Bavin
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The Honourable Sir Thomas Bavin KCMG KC |
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| 24th Premier of New South Wales Elections: 1927, 1930 |
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In office 18 October 1927 – 4 November 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Lang |
| Succeeded by | Jack Lang |
| Constituency |
Gordon (1917–20) Ryde (1920–27) Gordon (1927–35) |
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| Born |
Thomas Rainsford Bavin 5 May 1874 Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Died | 31 August 1941 (aged 67) Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Nationalist |
| Spouse(s) | Edyth Winchcombe |
| Education |
Newington College University of Sydney |
Sir Thomas Rainsford Bavin, KCMG (5 May 1874 – 31 August 1941) was the 24th Premier of New South Wales.
Born in Kaiapoi, New Zealand to a Methodist minister and his wife, Bavin was educated at Auckland Grammar School until 1889 when his family moved to Sydney and Bavin enrolled at Newington College (1889–1890). His siblings were: Edna (Mrs Charles Lack); Jessie (Mrs Ambrose Fletcher); Gertrude (Mrs William Parker); Major Cyril Bavin OBE; Horace Bavin; Florence Bavin (Mrs Ernest Warren); Lancelot Bavin; and Dora Bavin (Mrs Leslie Allen). At the University of Sydney he came into conflict with his parents by renouncing Methodism (he later converted to Anglicanism), and graduated with a BA in 1894 and LL.B in 1897, winning the University Medal in the process.
Called to the New South Wales Bar in 1897, Bavin became involved in the cause of Australian Federation, unsuccessfully standing for the Legislative Assembly seat of Canterbury on a pro-Federation platform in 1898. After lecturing in law at the University of Tasmania in 1900 where he was acting professor of law , Bavin returned to Sydney to marry Edyth Winchcombe, the daughter of Frederick Winchcombe, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Council, on 6 February 1901, and serve as private secretary to Australia's first and second Prime Ministers, Sir Edmund Barton and Sir Alfred Deakin.
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